APPENDIX. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE ESQUIMAUX IMPLEMENTS 



Figured on j^lates after p. 516. 



1. Eepresentation of a human figure in wood. This figure was found 

 i'^ a grave on Clavering Island, near Cajie Mary. The shape and small 



..-of this grave clearly indicated that of an infant. The absence of 

 a skeleton did not surprise us, inasmuch as the bones of an infant are 

 much more easily destructible than those of an adult. We concluded, 

 therefore, that this figure was a child's toy. Two similar figures, 

 roughly carved in wood, were found by Graah on Sneedorflfs Island. 

 They remind one forcibly of those discovered by Behring amongst the 

 savages of the North-West coast of America, where they are held as 

 idols, although (says Graah) they very probably, as in Greenland, are 

 used simply as children's toys. This opinion is also confirmed by the 

 consideration of the religious views of the Esquimaux. The present 

 fragment was originally more clearly distinguishable than now, as the 

 softer projecting parts of the wood have somewhat, suffered. 



2. A wooden figure of some animal found among the Esquimaux huts 

 on Klein-Pendulum, This may also have been a toy, and seems to be 

 the imitation of a fox or perhaps an ermine. 



3. This is also the representation of some animal, though what 

 species was in the carver's mind it is difficult to say. 



4. a, b, c. A sledgc'-bone, i. e. a piece of bone which the Esquimaux 

 fasten under the slides in place of our usual iron tires. We can see 

 still the wooden pegs Avitli which the fastening was accomplished. We 

 see here also the very beautiful bores b}' which, instead of saws, the 

 Esquimaux cut the bones and teeth into pieces. The finely-bored cir- 

 cular holes are plainly to be seen. 



5. a, b. A so-called '* woman's knife " of reddish slate. We found 



