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personal appearance and dress, and the appellation 

 given to them being the same as that applied to 

 the Greenlanders. 



From Beering's Straits, eastward as far as the 

 Mackenzie, the males pierce the lower lip near each 

 angle of the mouth, and fill the apertures with 

 labrets resembling buttons, formed often of blue or 

 green quartz and sometimes of ivory. Many of 

 them also transfix the septum of the nose with a 

 dentalium shell or ivory needle. These ornaments 

 have perhaps been adopted from the Kutchin and 

 Pacific coast tribes south of Mount St. EHas, since 

 they have not extended to the Eskimos of Cape 

 Bathurst or more eastern members of the nation. 

 Most of the women are tattooed on the chin, but 

 they have not adopted the unsightly gash and ex- 

 tension of the under lip on which the Kolushan 

 ladies pride themselves. 



Unlike the Hare-Indian and Dog-rib women, 

 who neglect their personal appearance, the Eskimo 

 females turn up and plait their hair tastefully, or- 

 nament their dresses, and evidently consider their 

 toilet as an important concern : hence we may judge 

 that more deference is paid to them by the men. 

 Eo;ede informs us, that unmarried Greenland women 

 are modest, both in words and deeds, but that 

 greater laxity exists among the wives, with the con- 

 nivance of their husbands, who are not jealous. I 



