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those whom I consider Proper, and those whom I 

 consider AKen. Many of those domiciled on the sea 

 shore presented a marked contrast of countenance to 

 the " Reindeers ; " the forehead was higher and more 

 narrow, the face longer and less broad, the features 

 more distinctly defined, particularly the nose, the tint 

 darker, and I also think the person, although as 

 muscular, by no means so fleshy ; but this may 

 have arisen from the difference of food, notwith- 

 standing I am of opinion that their oily diet 

 was, of the two, more conducive to condition. The 

 languages, as I have before remarked, are essentially 

 different,* though now much commingled; and I 

 consider even the delivery and intonation different, 

 the Aliens dealing much more in guttural sounds. 

 Their dress is almost exclusively of seal and dog- 

 skin ; only a few of the principal persons wear good 

 reindeer clothes, which would indeed be quickly 

 spoiled by the nature of their occupations. Their 

 huts are neither so large, so clean, nor so well 

 furnished as those of the Tuski Proper, and 

 it seems to me that they are generally pretty 

 well content to accept the inferior and second-hand 

 skins and garments of their wealthy companions. 



* This may be seen in Klaproth's " Asia Polyglotta" and " Spracbatlas," 

 for which information and much kind assistance, I am indebted to my 

 friend Dr. K. G. Latham. 



