CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introduction 19 



List of works consulted 20 



Situation and surroundings 26 



Climate 30 



People -&quot; 38 



Physical characteristics 33 



Pathology 39 



Psychical characteristics 40 



Trilial phenomena 12 



Social surroundings 43 



Contact with uncivilized people 43 



Other Eskimo 43 



Indians 49 



Contact with civilized people 51 



Natural resources 55 



Animals 55 



Mammals 55 



Birds 56 



Fishes 58 



Insects and other invertebrates 59 



Plants 59 



Minerals 60 



Culture 61 



Means of subsistence 61 



Food 61 



Substances used for food 61 



Means of preparing food 63 



Time and frequency of eating 63 



Drinks 64 



Narcotics 65 



Habitations 72 



The winter house 72 



Arrangement in villages 79 



Snow houses .- 81 



Tents 83 . 



Household utensils 86 



For holding and carrying food, water, etc 86 



Canteens 86 



Wallets, etc 86 



Buckets and tubs 86 



Meat bowls 89 



For preparing food 90 



Pots of stone and other materials 90 



Bone crushers 93 



For serving and eating food 99 



Trays 99 



Drinking vessels 101 



Whalebone cups 101 



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