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ing. Their parents make for them, as dolls, little figures of 
men and women habited in the true Esquimaux costume, as 
well as a variety of other toys; many of these having some 
reference to their future occupations in life, such as canoes, 
spears, and bows and arrows. They sometimes serrate the 
edges of two strips of whalebone, and whirl them round their 
heads, just as boys do in England, to make the same peculiar 
humming sound. They will dispose one piece of wood on an- 
other as an axis, in such a manner that the wind turns it 
round like the arms of a windmill; and so of many other toys 
of the same simple kind, These, and possibly the smaller pup- 
pies, are the distinct property of the children, who sometimes 
sell them, while their parents look on without interfering or 
expecting to be consulted. 
The education of children, according to Crantz, is thus con- 
ducted :—As soon as the boy can make use of his hands and 
feet, his father puts a little bow and arrow into his hand, 
that he may exercise himself by shooting at a target, and 
also instructs him in throwing stones at a mark. Towards 
his tenth year he provides him with a caiak, to practise row- 
ing, oversetting, and rising, fowling, and fishing, by himself, 
or in company with other boys. In his fifteenth or sixteenth 
year he must go out with his father to catch seals. The 
first seal he takes is consecrated to make a festivity for the 
family and neighbourhod. During the repast, the young 
champion must relate his noble achievement, and how he 
managed to catch the creature. The guests admire his dex- 
terity and prowess, pronounce the meat to be particularly 
good flavoured ; and from this day the females begin to think 
of finding him a bride. At the age of twenty years he must 
make his own caiak, implements, and weapons, and fully 
equip himself for his profession; and if he is successful, he 
marries. ‘T'o acquire perfection in the use of the caiak is no 
mean part of his education. Few become proficients ; many, 
in consequence, are the lives that are lost by drowning. 
The girls do nothing till they are fourteen years of age, 
but chatter, sing, and dance, with the exception of fetching 
water, and perhaps waiting ona child. But afterwards they 
must sew, cook, dress leather, and, when they advance fur- 
