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FOX ISLANDS. 
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The Aleutians dwell in excavations of the earth, the 
sides of which are lined with beams or poles of dritt- 
wood washed ashore, inserted to support a roof formed 
of similar materials. These, excavations are from 20 
to 40 yards in length, and between six and ten in 
breadth; earth is thrown over the roof, which affords 
a soil for vegetation, so that after the habitations have 
stood some time, and are overgrown with grass, an 
Aleutian village bears no imperfect resemblance to an 
European church-yard. _ Fifty, or even an hundred and 
j individuals, dwell in the different divisions of the 
hut, which is lighted by a small window covered with 
the membranaceous intestines of the seal, or with dried 
fish. skin ;. and into which they descend by an aperture 
that at the same-time gives egress to the smoke. But 
little cold is felt within, and their habitations. are sel- 
dom heated with fire. . Travellers affirm, that they are 
so warm that the inhabitants sometimes sit naked in 
them. Their different divisions are made by partitions 
of seal skin. 
Fox 
Islands. 
Dwellings. 
As the chief subsistence of the Aleutians is derived Canoes. 
from hunting and fishing, a large portion of their time 
is detaedae tants pursuits ; and the greatest display 
of their art is in the construction of their canoes and 
wi . The former are remarkably neat, consisting 
of a wooden frame covered with leather, and in the 
. -inside is a hole to receive the body of the navigator sit- 
ting, around which a seal skin is so tightly drawn as to 
ude the water. In general, this vessel contains only 
sometimes two, and rarely three. The 
of the first is about eighteen feet, the breadth 
nearly two feet, and the depth eighteen inches, lightly 
yet ly.made, and capable of withstanding a consi- 
derable sea ; insomuch, that an Aleutian, in moderate 
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discovered), the Aleutians follow: 
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faint with the loss of blood, they revisit the spot fre~ 
quently in the course of the day, until at length, find~ 
is determined by the point of the w which occa- 
sioned the mortal wound ; a fact not t to ascer- 
tain, as all their implements have a i ' mark. 
But the Russians always elainy half of the whole fish. 
These darts, which are about four feet and a half long, 
are feathered ; some are coloured red, some black, and 
fashioned differently for the different animals against 
which they are to be directed.. They are thrown with 
