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THE JENNEATTE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. 



were but few natives in the settlement who did not own a 

 rifle, obtained from whalers. The men, during their hunt- 





CHUKCHE WOMAN ANGLING. 



ing excursions, pass whole days in a cold of 30 to 40 degrees 

 below zero, out upon the ice, without protection and without 

 carrying with them food or fuel. Women nearly naked 



