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men is receiving a piece from another; while still another, nearer the 

 tail, is tossing a piece of the meat to a companion, whose arms are 

 stretched out to receive it. 



Still another pair of natives are occupied with a large piece lying upon 

 the ground. At No. 3 is a habitation, and at No. 4 the man is getting 

 ready his sledges to haul the meat back to the house, where the long 

 vertical ridge poles indicate that the meat is to be suspended from them. 

 The natives at Nos. and 7 are also in the attitude of some occupation 

 in anticipation of having meat to hang up at the scaffold at No. (&amp;gt;. 



The inverted quadruped near the middle of the record, and above the 

 rope, pertains to a record which was to rest upon the base line, on the 

 upper surface of the same side, but which was not undertaken. 



The men at No. 5 are apparently using sledge runners upon which to 

 drag their umiak to the shore, so as to approach the whale from the 

 water side to assist in cutting him to pieces. 



Plate 07, fig. 3, represents a number of different avocations connected 

 with the chase, and the artistic portrayal of the actions represented 

 are peculiarly distinct and interesting. 



The left end of the record is somewhat marred by wear, but the first 

 character to be intelligible, No. 1, denotes the horns of a slaughtered 

 reindeer, of which the skin, No. 2, is outstretched upon the ground. 

 At No. 3 are represented the horns and forelegs of the animal, which 

 have been dressed for transportation to the village. At No. 4 is the 

 skin of a female reindeer, while at No. 5 is visible the hunter seated 

 upon the ground and smoking his pipe. His gun and quiver of arrows 

 are indicated at Nos. 6 and 7 respectively. 



No. 8 denotes a bear which has been captured by the same hunter, 

 whose figure is reproduced, and his companion. No. 11 represents a 

 man engaged upon the section of a temporary shelter, while the indi 

 vidual at No. 12 is using a drill bow to rotate the stick, held by No. 13, 

 in the act of making fire. Nos. 14 and 1(&amp;gt; represent a boat s crew who 

 landed at the camp or shelter just named. The first of the figures is 

 dragging the boat along shore, the one in the stern aiding in poling. 

 No. 15 is the figure of a fish to indicate the purpose for which the party 

 is away from their own home. 



At No. 17 is shown a man hanging meat upon the rack for drying, 

 the strips of meat being visible the entire length of the horizontal pole 

 to 19, which is the skin of a reindeer. The duties of No. 18 are not 

 apparent, but he was evidently helping in the work of suspending 

 pieces of meat. No. 20 is a winter habitation, before which is one of 

 the inmates, No. 21, engaged in preparing food, or something that 

 requires stirring. Before him is observed rising a column of smoke, 

 No. 22, while at No. 22 is another kettle belonging to No. 23, who is 

 also, apparently, going to assist in the culinary work. No. 24 is a canoe 

 lying upon its side, so as to dry the bottom, and behind it is seen the 

 owner engaged in cleaning and repairing the side. 



