ESKIMOS AT HOME AND AT WORK 53 



of reindeer, seal, eider duck, an Eskimo can brave 

 the fiercest winds or the most piercing cold. 



Two suits of clothing are used, the inside suit 

 being made so that the fur is turned inwards 

 next the skin. The outer garments are made 

 in the opposite manner, viz., with the fur turned 

 utwards. It is necessary for warmth to have these 

 :wo fur suits ; and not only so, no fastenings or 

 ipenings are made in either the front or back, other 

 wise the penetrating cold would effect an entrance. 

 The coat is slipped over the head in a sack-like 

 fashion. Fur socks protect the feet, and over these 

 are worn long boots made of sealskin. 



The only practical difference between the dress 

 )f the women and that of the men consists in a kind 

 f tail, a flap-like appendage to the coats of the former, 

 d in the addition of a large hood, which is fitted to 

 e collar, in which their babies are carried. This is 

 ie quaintest of infant perambulators. The little 

 und, flat face, and the beady dark eyes of the baby 

 p upon the wintry wilds outside from the snug 

 epths of the great fur hood of the mother. The 

 .tter shuffles along with a peculiar motion of the 

 oulders, humming all the time one of those lul- 

 bies which only mothers know how to sing and 

 ies to understand. If these efforts are not suc- 

 ful in pacifying the little one, a piece of raw 

 s meat or blubber takes the place of the 

 ething ring or the " lollipop" with us. The gory 



