SKETCH OF THE BOOTHIANS. 



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HIBLUN A. 



(Oivhee.J 



HiBLUNA was remarkable for being the plainest-looking woman 

 in the whole tribe, and also for being the most lively ; when a pre- 

 sent was made to her of any useful article, such as a tin preserved 

 meat case, her joy knew no bounds. Above, she is represented in 

 one of her ecstasies on receiving a woman's knife which she holds 

 in her right hand, and in her left a bone knife, while she is jump- 

 ing up and exclaiming, Owhee ! Oivheel by which name she was 

 soon known to the sailors. On this occasion, she had brought us 

 a fine piece of a musk ox in a frozen state, and which we found to 

 be most excellent food. She was one of our daily visitors, having 

 with her an infant which she used to produce quite naked, even 

 when the thermometer was 43° below zero of Fahrenheit. Her 

 height was five feet three inches and a quarter, was near forty 

 years of age, and extremely dirty and badly clothed; her face was 

 broad, her nose flat, and the want of her fore teeth, added to her 

 unseemly appearance ; her husband's name was Kunana (2d), and 

 she had two young children ; however she was so good humoured 

 and merry that she was a favourite among the sadors. 



Eringahriu, Hibluna's sister, was so extremely like her, that 

 when they were apart it was difticult to discern which was which; 

 but when together it was more easy, as the former was only four 



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