FOUR ESKIMO CHILDREN, 2 oi 



which is common among the young Es- 

 kimo. This is smoking. As soon as 

 they can learn to draw a pipe, they be- 

 gin ; and both men and women smoke, 

 although the boys and women generally 

 smoke a weed that grows in the Arctic 

 country, and is not nearly so strong nor 

 disagreeable as tobacco. 



After Koomanah and Ahwanak re- 

 turned to the northern part of Hudson's 

 Bay at the close of our year's sledge-trip, 

 they were given the guns they had so 

 well earned, and ammunition for them 

 also. 



