AN ORIGINAL BABY-JUMPER. 251 
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. 
