. Narrative of discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions [microform] : with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history, and an account of the whale-fishery. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. "224 SlOlirr N0RTn-WE8T VOTAOia. open water, or, where theie failed, drawing: t^em over the pieces of ice. Among a great number of kayaki, or boats roAred by a single man (see plate, p. 164), were five oomiakt, or women's boats, con-. structed of a framework of wood and whalebone, covered with deer-skins, having flat sides and bot- tom, and of considerable size. One o
. Narrative of discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions [microform] : with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history, and an account of the whale-fishery. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. "224 SlOlirr N0RTn-WE8T VOTAOia. open water, or, where theie failed, drawing: t^em over the pieces of ice. Among a great number of kayaki, or boats roAred by a single man (see plate, p. 164), were five oomiakt, or women's boats, con-. structed of a framework of wood and whalebone, covered with deer-skins, having flat sides and bot- tom, and of considerable size. One of them, 85 feet by 8, contained women, boys, and children, to the number of twenty-one. Presently began a wild, merry, noisy scene of frolic and traffic. The natives carried it on with eagerness and even fury, stripping themselves of the very skins which formed their only covering, till they were in a state of total nu- dity, except that the ladies always made a laudable reservation of their breeches. They drove what they meant should be an excessively hard bargain yet, being wholly ignorant of the value of the rich skins with which nature has invested the animals of this Arctic climate, they raised shouts of triumph when they obtained in exchange a nail, a saw, or a razor. Their aspect was wilder and more dishevelled than that of any other tribe even amcing this rude race; their character also seems fiercer and more sa- vage ; and indeed it is in this quarter that most of the tiagical encounters with Esquimaux have occurred. Some of the ancient dames were pronounced to be the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Leslie, John, Sir, 1766-1832; Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854; Murray, Hugh, 1779-1846. New-York : Harper
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