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of a bear; and, like the tail of that animal, it al- 1771. 
ways bends downward and inward, {fo that it is 
entirely hid by the long hair of the rump and 
hind quarters: the hunch on their fhoulders is 
not large, being little more in proportion than 
that of a deer: their hair is in fome parts very 
long, particularly on the belly, fides, and hind 
quarters; but the longeft hair about them, parti- 
cularly the bulls, is under the throat, extending 
from the chin to the lower part of the cheft, be- 
_ tween the fore-legs; it there hangs down like a 
horfe’s mane inverted, and is full as long, which 
makes the animal have a moft formidable appear- 
ance. It is of the hair from this part that the 
Efquimaux make their mufketto wigs, and not 
from the tail, as is afferted by Mr. Ellis*; their 
tails, and the hair which is on them, being too 
fhort for that purpofe. In Winter they are pro- 
vided with a thick fine wool, or furr, that grows 
at the root of the long hair, and fhields them from 
the intenfe cold to which they are expofed during 
that feafon; but as the Summer advances, this. 
furr loofens from the fkin, and, by frequently 
rolling themfelves on the ground, it works out 
to the end of the hair, and in time drops off, leav- 
ing little for their Summer clothing except the 
long hair. This feafon is fo fhort in thofe high 
latitudes, that the new fleece begins to appear, 
almoft as foon as the old one drops off; fo that 
by the time the cold becomes fevere, they are 
again provided with a Winter-drefs. 
The 
* Voyage to Hudfon’s Bay, p. 232: 
ay 
July. 
