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first part of the evening meal, but of these the 

 women do not partake, and as a rule they share only 

 in the last course, consisting of large quantities of 

 frozen meat. The soup is generally passed round in 

 a large horn cup, 

 from which each 

 takes a drink, a 

 proceeding which 

 is followed by the 

 introduction of a 

 large mass of meat 

 that is passed 

 round and bitten 

 by each in turn. 

 A person retiring 

 to rest always 

 takes the. precau 

 tion of leaving 

 meat near the 

 snow couch, so 

 that he may re 

 fresh himself if 

 awake during the 

 night. The Es 

 kimo are, of 

 course, hunters 

 and nothing more; 

 upon animal life they depend entirely for food, 

 clothing, weapons, and locomotion ; the cold is 

 intense, the hours of work long and laborious, 

 so it comes to pass that enormous quantities of 

 animal food are essential. 



An American explorer who spent many evenings 



AN ESKIMO MAN. 



