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harvest was reaped by the more ingenious. In 

 addition to the articles of clothing, before spoken 

 of, as brought for barter, many really interesting nick- 

 nacks were produced. Models of sledges, and of house- 

 hold furniture, pipes and toys of ivory, among which 

 were ducks, seals, dogs, &c., made for their children, 

 and evidencing great taste and variety, fishing-lines 

 of whalebone, with hooks and sinkers of ivory, 

 seal-skin bags, large and small, coils of rope of 

 walrus or seal hide, cut without a join for full fifty 

 fathoms, and of all thicknesses ; dogs, sledges and 

 harness ; and, in fact, any and everything they could 

 think of within their resources ; even the tiniest 

 children endeavouring to bring something into the 

 market : indeed, their contributions were not the 

 least interesting or sought for. Reindeer, or portions 

 of a carcase, were occasionally brought for sale or 

 gift, also blubber of the whale and seal for oil, and 

 walrus flesh for the dogs, of which we had in course 

 of time a large number for the sledges. Walrus 

 tusks also brought a good price, and were at first 

 supplied in profusion. 



The exchanges on our side consisted of large and 

 small knives, beads, files, saws, tobacco, trade-cloth, 

 needles, thimbles, looking-glasses, and any little odds 

 and ends which we happened to possess. Preserved 



