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harpooning walruses, while others appear to be after some reindeer 

 who have taken to the water. Along the narrow edges are also repre 

 sentations of various objects, one side being filled more than half of 

 its length by a procession of dog sledges, the remainder being filled 

 with sealers upon ice floes, a whale, and some boatmen. The other 

 edge represents some very deeply incised and graphic outlines of boats 

 and marine hunters, the record terminating at one end with some flying 

 birds, while at the other two individuals dragging a seal are shown. 



Plate 22, fig. 5, is a drill bow from Kotzebue Sound. The specimen 

 measures 1G inches in length. A sectional view of the specimen is 

 lozenge shaped, so that there are both above and below two faces upon 

 which records are engraved, making a total of four records. As repre 

 sented in the illustration, the record upon the lower side consists of 

 seal and whale hunting scenes. At the extreme left is a rude outline 

 of an umiak, within which are crude representations of human beings. 

 The vessel is very close upon an immense whale, which is evidently 

 escaping from them in the direction of another umiak which appears 

 to be approaching it. The oblong figure to the right of the last named 

 umiak is an inverted boat placed upon scaffolding for the purpose of 

 drying. Some partly eroded figures are seen between the bow of the 

 boat and three men, one above the other, who are portrayed in the act 

 of dragging home an immense seal. Beyond this are three umiaks 

 filled with hunters, while still farther to the right are two or three 

 walruses swimming in the water. To the right of the last named is a 

 figure very much resembling the conventional outline of a wolf, while 

 beyond that, to the right, is a low elongated structure, heavily etched, 

 which represents a winter habitation. Above the entrance is a human 

 figure, with arms extended, as if attracting attention to something. 

 Beyond this structure, to the right, is a very delicately engraved scaf 

 fold, upon which food or other similar materials are placed for safety. 



Along the upper surface of this bow, beginning where the previous 

 story ended, we find a storehouse erected on stilts attached to the ordi 

 nary winter habitation, upon and about which are the outlines of some 

 human beings. A food rack is erected above the entrance to this habi 

 tation, from the horizontal bar of which are suspended objects which 

 are probably pieces of meat or fish, as the occupants appear to be seal 

 hunters, two of them being represented in the act of dragging home 

 seals. Just to the right of this is a grazing deer whose legs are 

 unnaturally long, and in front of this is an umiak holding four hunters. 

 The two small figures to the right of the last named are seal heads 

 protruding from the water. Beyond this is another umiak with four 

 hunters whose arms are in various attitudes as if in earnest conversa 

 tion. The small mound-like figure at the bow of this boat represents 

 the shore, and immediately to the right are shown three natives drag 

 ging home upon its back a huge seal. Beyond this animal are other 

 hunters similarly engaged. The oblong outline somewhat resembling 



