Northward over the great ice : a narrative of life and work along the shores and upon the interior ice-cap of northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891-1897, with a description of the little tribe of Smith Sound Eskimos, the most northerly human beings in the world, and an account of the discovery and bringing home of the Saviksue or great Cape York meteorites . olid, and extremely deceptive as to muscular develop-ment of the men is aston-ishing, but here again theyare very deceptive in ap-pearance, the external cov-ering of blubber, whichthey possess in commonwith the seal, the
Northward over the great ice : a narrative of life and work along the shores and upon the interior ice-cap of northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891-1897, with a description of the little tribe of Smith Sound Eskimos, the most northerly human beings in the world, and an account of the discovery and bringing home of the Saviksue or great Cape York meteorites . olid, and extremely deceptive as to muscular develop-ment of the men is aston-ishing, but here again theyare very deceptive in ap-pearance, the external cov-ering of blubber, whichthey possess in commonwith the seal, the walrus,and the bear, destroyingthe differentiation of theirgreat muscles, and giv-ing them a smooth androunded appearance. Were it not for theirdirtiness and the unpleasant odours resulting fromtheir mode of life, many of them, of both sexes, wouldbe by no means disagreeable of presence. In regardto the younger members of the tribe in particular,while their faces are not by any means perfect, thereseems to be a generally pleasing expression, especiallywhen interested or engaged in conversation. Their clothing is composed entirely of furs and skinsof animals and birds, and, in pattern and adaptation ofeach material to a certain purpose, is the result of anevolution extendinof through generation after o-enera-tion, until to-day the Eskimo dress may be consid-. POOADLOONAH.
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