ESKIMOS AT HOME AND AT WORK 51 



After supper the men generally have a chat about 

 the day's hunting and their successes, and if they 

 do not draw the long bow quite as strongly as the 

 proverbial fishermen who, at the riverside inn, 

 dilate upon their piscatorial successes, they at least 

 prove that, when it comes to sporting talk, the 

 Eskimo sportsman is very near akin to his civilized 

 confrere. 



Over these chats the friendly pipe is smoked with 

 evident relish, both women and men indulging in 

 " the immortal weed." 



The Eskimos, like sailors, will endure any hard- 

 ship, forego almost any necessary of life, if only by 

 such means he can secure his much-loved tobacco. 



At these smoking concerts the people will sit up 

 quite late, especially if there be plenty of meat in 

 stock. 



When the last lingering visitor has taken his 

 departure, a block of snow is fitted into the tiny 

 door in the base of the house. This is done to keep 

 the place warm ; a small hole, however, is made in 

 the roof by way of a ventilator. 



These preparations for the night having been 

 completed, the people strip off all their garments, 

 then wrap themselves in fur blankets, and sleep as 

 sound all through the night as a twelve-year-old 

 boy at get-up time. 



In dealing with the home life it must not be for- 

 gotten that the Eskimo is distinguished for hospi- 



