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ticulars. In the Montagnais children a much closer re- 

 semblance to the Nasquapees can be traced than in adults. 

 The inclination of the eyes of the children is very marked ; 

 they are long, narrow, and directed downwards towards 

 the nose a peculiarity which is much modified as they 

 grow older. 



When we entered, Otclne was smoking a stone pipe, 

 which I was fortunate enough to procure in exchange for 

 some tobacco, tea, and flour. The Montagnais women 

 are decidedly handsomer than the Ojibways or the plain 

 Crees. Louis' wife was not the only handsome squaw 

 we saw at Seven Islands or other places on the coast. 



My brother showed the company some sketches he had 

 made of Michel, Domenique, and different scenes on the 

 Moisie. They recognised the portraits instantly, and also, 

 without hesitation, named the places on the great, river. 



Both Otelne and Arkaske promised to come to our 

 tent on the following day and have their portraits taken. 

 They also, after some consultation with the Montagnais, 

 agreed to draw us a map of all the rivers they knew 

 flowing into the gulf west of Seven Islands. With the 

 slight difference named above, I could detect no dis- 

 similarity between the lodge in which we were seated 

 and those of the OjibAvays, Swampys, or thick-wood Crees. 



From the Saskatchewan, the swift river of the north- 

 western prairies, to the Misti-shipu, the grand river of the 

 Labrador Peninsula, the same kind of habitation prevails, 

 constructed in the same manner, and occupied by people 

 who speak dialects of the same tongue, and differ 

 from one another in no material points. Some of the 

 Montagnais lodges were dome-shaped, to keep out the 



