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point), but a second was too short, because — so 

 he said — he had not sufficient wood. 



We have here a problem, the solution of which 

 would be of the greatest ethnographic interest. How 

 many pieces do the ethnographic collections not 

 contain, which would prove to be quite valueless 

 types if we knew exactly their previous history? 

 Every one believes himself capable of making an 

 ethnographic collection, in reality it is a highly deve- 

 loped and difficult task, if it is to be done satis- 

 factorily. 



Fig. 36 is a drawing after a photograph of the 

 author's showing a Polar Eskimo in his kayak; it 

 will be seen that the man sits in an open space, 

 bounded in front by a rounded piece of wood, on 

 which the central part of the paddle rests in rowing. 

 In this figure the paddle is seen from Ihe side, but 

 in fig. 37 it is seen from the surface. On both sides 

 of the middle piece of the paddle are the thinner 

 parts for the hands, about 8 cm long, while the 

 middle piece is ca 48 cm. Further out a leather- 

 strap is bound round both blades, so as to prevent 

 the water which runs down the blade from reaching 

 the hand; the length of the blade itself is ca. 77 cm 

 and the breadth up to 8 cm. The whole length of 

 the paddle is about 260 cm and no part of it is 

 made of bone. 



Fig. 36 shows the harpoon lying in front of the 

 kayak, with the foreshaft turned towards the man; 

 leather thongs hold it down lo the kayak. Under 

 the harpoon are the coils of the line, which passes 

 from there to the right of the man and back to the 

 large bladder, which is seen lying behind on the kayak 

 immediatelybehind the already mentioned small bladder. 



