Till' Imlf rui^rcl M'ul forms tla- staple diet of tlie Eskimo. All food adiniuisUatui - ui il.. World 

 War would delight in the Eskimo's conservation of this food supply. No smallest part is wasted, even 



the intestines and the eyes are utilized as food. The skin furnishes tent material and clothing, and 

 the fat is stored for winter fuel 



in tlie past this animal has kept the empty. Dui'ing the winter months 



Eskimo family from starvation in the many visitors have called. Walrus and 



decreasing twilight of better times — seal meat, birds and eggs are gone, 



the lono- summer dav. The locker is There is but little blubber. In semi- 



yeals begin to appear on the ice above tlieir breathing holes about liie lirst of ilay. Tin- E>kimo 

 seal hunter makes use of what we have learned to call a camouflage. He approaches his quarry 

 screened by a white cloth which he binds on the front of a small sledge. Creeping stealthily across 

 the ice to within thirty yards of the seal, he aims his rifle carefully through a hole in the screen and 

 usually succeeds in wounding tlie animal 



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