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BULLETIN 127, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



No part of the world is more favorably situated for the construc- 

 tion of skin boats than Alaska. Its almost innumerable islands and 



its long stretch of seacoast render boats of indispensable necessity, 

 ■while its herds of sea lions, seals, and walrus furnish in their skins 

 the material for construction. 



