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from Vancouver Island ; the unaltered one from 

 Fort Colville. The system of flattening the head 

 has been so frequently described that it is almost 

 unnecessary to repeat it here. The cradle is 

 figured from one in the British Museum collection, 

 with the board arranged for making the pressure. 

 The ' baby -jumper ' is a very simple contrivance ; 

 a stick, springy like a fishing rod. is stuck obliquely 

 into the ground with a string attached to the end 

 of it; when the baby cries from the pain caused 

 by the pressure, the mother hangs the cradle to 

 the end of the stick, then jerking the string 

 keeps up a bobbing motion that appears to lull 

 and sooth the little sufferer to sleep. I quite 

 agree with Dr. Tolmie in thinking altering the 

 head in no way detracts from mental capacity; 

 it only alters the shape of the box, it does not 

 lessen its size. The various systems of hunting 

 and fishing are already given in describing ani- 

 mals, and how fish are captured by Indians. 



The illustrations are drawn from photographs. 

 The one with two figures* represents a pure- 

 blooded Indian, one of the Flathead tribe, who be 

 it remembered do not in any way alter the form 

 of the skull. The Flathead is the figure seated ; 



* Vide illustration : Two Indians photgraphed at Fort 

 Colville, a pure Indian and half-breed. 



