GRAPHIC ART OP THE ESKIMOS. 899 



their safe or successful return. The hunters are at the left dragging 

 along their kaiaks upon sledges. The figure placed upon stilts is an 

 umiak, suspended for drying and protection, while beneath it is a dog 

 and his master approaching the entrance of the habitation. 



At the right is a storehouse or granary, built above the ground, and 

 near it a man calling or urging forward the dog hitched to the sledge, 

 upon which is placed a load and one person. 



The artistic execution of the engravings is good. The lines are very 

 uniform in depth and width, showing the artist to have been an expert 

 in the use of the graver as pertains to the mechanical part of the 

 etching, at least. 



The lines are all tilled in or stained with a very black substance, 

 giving the work rather a li-arsh and new appearance and not so soft 

 and warm in tone as some of the older and more worn specimens. 



The engraving in plate 40, fig. 1, is very bold and seems to present 

 strong evidence of perspective drawing, not through mere accident but 

 from intention. The gradual diminution in the size of the buildings 

 and store racks at the left end of the record is very cleverly done. 

 The figure at No. 9 is a baidarka inverted upon the rack so as to permit 

 it to dry, while the rod upon the entrance to the house at No. 8 is a 

 votive offering, erected to the memory of one of the household. The 

 man upon the roof is speaking and gesticulating to those at No. 6. 



The parties in the canoes, Nos. 10, 11, 12, and 13, are leaving to visit 

 another village, indicated by a large habitation and storehouse, Nos. 

 14 and 15, about which the four human figures are portrayed as making 

 gestures, both beckoning by the hand raised and pointing to the 

 house, as if desiring the visitors to come there. 



There is no evidence of want of food, or death, as indicated in some 

 other records presented herein, but simply an exhibition of gladness at 

 the return of friends or visitors who appear to have come within hailing 

 distance. 



The excitement caused by the arrival of two whaling ships is cleverly 

 portrayed in plate 40, fig. 2. At No. 1 is a baidarka still upon the dry 

 ing poles, while the natives at No. 2 are excitedly rushing toward it to 

 put to water and to follow the other boats already under way to visit the 

 ships. The boats Nos. 3 to 7 are all going along toward the anchored 

 craft, Nos. 8 and 9, the anchor chains being designated by zigzag lines, 

 thus more emphatically indicating links. 



The canoes at Nos. 10 and 12 are coining from another direction, and 

 the native on the bow of No. 10 is hailing the helmsman on the ship 

 No. 9. The natives in both boats at the right have oars for rud 

 ders. No. 11 is a flock of birds. 



The record reproduced in fig. 115 illustrates another method of giv 

 ing information with regard to distress in another village, which occa 

 sioned the departure of the person by whom the notification was given. 

 The designs were traced upon a narrow strip of wood, which was then 



