ESKIMOS AT HOME AND AT WORK 67 



often hunt their seals with shot instead of har 

 poon. 



The Eskimo can brave any sea and any weather 

 n his kayak. Should he capsize he can right him 

 self again with a stroke or so of his paddle, or even 

 .vithout his paddle, with his open hand, and some- 

 imes even with his closed fist. Indeed, his dex- 

 erity is so great and his confidence so complete 

 hat not infrequently, when he sees a heavy sea 

 oming, he will deliberately capsize so that he may 

 eceive the force of the breaking water on the bottom 

 f his vessel, and then right himself when the crisis 

 > past. 



