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growth of the feet of their children, like the Tehi- 

 nuks and Kutchin. The Central Eskimo women 

 carry their nurslings in the hoods of their shirts, 

 and the figures in Cook's Third Voyage show that 

 custom to be practised as low down as Unalaschka. 



The Kuskuchewak are passionately fond of the 

 vapour bath, and often use it three or four 

 times a day, occasionally in the kashim, more fre- 

 quently in small enclosures, which can be formed 

 in every hut, and in which the steam is raised by 

 throwing water on hot stones. If a father happens 

 to be on bad terms with his grown-up son, he 

 invites his most intimate friend into the bath, dis- 

 closes his grievance to him, desires him to inform 

 his son why his father is dis23leased, and what 

 he ought to do to appease him. A secret which 

 no one will tell elsewhere is revealed in the bath. 

 This is also, I believe, a Turkish custom. 



The Kuskuchewak can indicate the times of day 

 or night with great accuracy, and they can even 

 distinguish some stars and planets.* 



Before concluding my extracts from Baer re- 

 lating to this tribe, I may remark that mammoth- 

 teeth are numerous in crevices of the sandy banks 



* Viz., Tuntonoli (Rein-deer), the Great Bear ; Mi-seuschit 

 (the rising), Orion ; Ka-ioegat (the Fox-earth), the Pleiades ; 

 As-guh, Aklebaran ; Uleuch-tiigal-ya (Fox and Hare Killer), 

 Venus ; Ag-yach-laik (Abundance of Wild Beasts), Sirius. 



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