I3 6 THE CHILDREN OF THE COLD. 



cies were made from bone and the ivory 

 walrus tusks. Among these were torks, 

 spoons, and even knives, of which a few 

 designs are shown on the next page. 

 Very few are in existence now, but some 

 of them were much more ornamental 

 than those in the illustration, for, as I 

 have said, the northern natives do not 

 hesitate to begin any thing for want of 

 time in which to complete it; and if they 

 only have the ingenuity to manufacture 

 odd or pretty designs, they have plenty 

 of leisure and plenty of patience to carve 

 them out. 



Many of the smaller and odd pieces 

 left from the tusk are carved into figures 

 of birds and animals. Occasionally you 

 will see some old woman of the tribe 

 with quite a bagful of ivory dogs, ducks, 

 bears, swans, walrus, seals, and every 



