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two curved lines, extending from the outer corner, 
or angle of the eyes, down to the upper lip. The 
convex side of these lines pointed backwards, and 
their junction at their lower end formed an acute 
angle. ‘The chin and lower lip were also tattooed, 
by straight lines, which-diverged from the mouth 
downwards. Whether it was owing to her being 
free from .these barbarous scars, or not, I do not 
pretend to say,..but they who saw her, speak of 
the young girl, comparatively, as a great beauty ; 
whilst they describe the old dame as the picture of 
ugliness. With respect to their dress, the women 
seem to have been habited nearly in the same 
manner as the men, namely, in leather-jackets, 
boots, and breeches. ‘Their huts were about the 
same shape and size, as the ruins of those we 
met with on Melville Island ; but the square place 
at the end of them, which was supposed, at that 
time, to be the place where they kept their provi- 
sions, appears to be their fire-place. They did not 
find them so filthy inside, as the Esquimaux habit- 
ations are generally described to be; but it must 
be recollected that these were their summer-huts. 
They seemed to live in a state of great affluence, at 
least as much so as people situated as they are, 
could be expected, for they had several stores of 
sea-horses’ flesh, covered with stones, along the 
beach. And as another proof that they cannot be 
badly off for provisions, they had no fewer than fifty 
or sixty dogs, which number would require no small 
quantity of food. Although it is probable that they 
derive the chief part of their sustenance from the 
sea, it is probable that they also occasionally ma- 
