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THE POINT HARROW ESKIMO. 



and large nostrils. The eyes are horizontal, 1 with rather full lids, and 

 are but slightly sunken below the level of the face. 



The mouth is large and the lips full, especially the under one. The 

 teeth are naturally large, awl in youth are white and generally regular, 

 but by middle age they are generally worn down to flat-crowned stumps, 

 as is usual among the Eskimo. The color of the skin is a light yellowish 



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FIG. 3 AkaMana, a youth of UtkiavwiB. 



brown, with often considerable ruddy color on the cheeks and lips. 

 There appears to be much natural variation in the complexion, some 

 women being nearly as fair as Europeans, while other individuals seem 

 to have naturally a coppery color. 2 In most cases the complexion ap 

 pears darker than it really is from the effects of exposure to the weather. 

 All sunburn very easily, especially in the spring when there is a strong 

 reflection from the snow. 



1 The expression of obliquity in the eyes, mentioned by Dr. Simpson (op. cit., p. 239), seems to mo to 

 have arisen from the shape of the eheek hones. I may bo mistaken, however, as no careful compari- 

 sons were made on the spot. 



* Frobisher says of this people of Baffin Land : Their colour is not much unlike the sunburnt countrie 

 man.&quot; Hakluyt s Voyages, etc. (1589), \&amp;gt;. 627, 



