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The only other peculiarity consisted in each 1824. 

 man haying an immense mass of hair as large August, 

 as the head of a child, rolled into the form of 

 a ball, and projecting from the rise of the 

 forehead. One of these bundles, which I 

 caused a man to open, consisted of six long 

 strings of his own locks, originally plaited, 

 but now so matted with dirt, deer's fur, ^c, as 

 to resemble a rough hair tether. These extraor- 

 dinary tresses were bound tightly together at 

 their base, and measured above four feet. 



I found that the place whence the salmon 

 were procured, was a rapid little streamlet, 

 running over a gravelly bed, at about a hun- 

 dred paces from the tents. Its breadth might 

 be about forty yards, and a dam was erected 

 across it, behind Avhich the fishernjen stood 

 and speared the salmon as they advanced up 

 to the little wall. At half a mile from the 

 tents, was a large winter hut standing near the 

 sea-beach, but I had not time to visit it. On 

 our return to the boats, I desired the natives 

 to open their salmon stores, and bring a quan- 

 tity of fish after us, which they gladly ac- 

 quiesced in, and we carried off a large and 

 most welcome supply to the ship. Not one 

 of the strangers begged, or became in any way 

 troublesome, but even to the moment of our 



