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 . withstand the severities which aretheir daily lot. That this increase will be very con-siderable or continued for any length of time is notlikely, as the balance will again be adjusted. In disposition and temperament these people a
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 . withstand the severities which aretheir daily lot. That this increase will be very con-siderable or continued for any length of time is notlikely, as the balance will again be adjusted. In disposition and temperament these people are a race of children,simple, kindly,cheerful, and hos-pitable. In powersof endurance, incertain directions,they probably arenot surpassed byany other knownrace, and in theiringenuity and theintelligence dis-played in makinguse, to the fullestextent, of everyone of the few pos-sibilities of theircountry whichcan assist them tolive and be com-fortable, they are, in my opinion, ahead of any otheraboriginal race. Of arts, sciences, culture, manufac-tures, and such other adjuncts of civilisation, theyknow nothinor. There is no form of government amono- them, nochief, each man being supreme in his own family, andliterally and absolutely his own master. Such a thingas real-estate interest is unknown to them. Everyman owns the whole country and can locate his house. WRESTLING. Appendix II 493 and hunt where his fancy dictates. The products ofthe hunts are common property with sHght Hmitations,as, for example, anything smaller than a seal is theproperty of the hunter who captures it; yet, unwrittenlaws require him to be generous even with this, if hecan do so without starving his own family. Personal
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