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spirits that torment his family -when sick. It is a universal panacea for all the ills 

 of life and a fountain of delight on festive occasions. 



Many o1)jects are strung on strings and tied to the belt, notably on little boys; 

 often a small brass bell is thus attached. 



Fig. 202 represents a biiiicb or string- of the dewclaws of the wood- 

 land caribou, which have been trimmed at the point so as to make an 

 opening, and have been notched at the wide end, probably for decora- 



Fig. 202. 



RATTLE OF CARIBOU DEWCLAWS. 



McKeuzio lliver district, Fort Anderson Eskimo. 



Cat. No. 7443, U.S.N.M. 



tion. They are eighteen in number. Interspersed with them are sev- 

 eral strings of ptarmigan beaiis. This is one of the nuisical instruments 

 mentioned above by Captain Herendeen. The string or loop by which 

 it was attached is shown in the figure. We can imagine the music 

 made by this instrument when attached to the belt of a running, jump- 

 ing, playing boy. It serves tlie same i)urpose in music as does the 

 dulcimer, which, by the latest fad of society people, is hung upon the 

 door of the young ladies' boudoir, with bullets suspended from long 



