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winter residence, No. 8, together with the summer lodge in No. 0, denotes 

 the settlement. 



The record on plate 40, fig. 3, embracing Nos. 1 to 10, is similar in 

 style to one explained by Naomoff, and pertains to the designation of 

 geographic or rather topographic features of an area of country between 

 that occupied by the recorder and another _________________________ 



place to which reference is made. 



No. 1 denotes three birds flying in the 

 air, and No. 2 has reference to four seals, 

 both groups of creatures being at a shore 

 line, as the tree at No. 3 resembling a pine 

 indicates. The group of trees immedi 

 ately to the right denotes a grove or woods, indicated by a group of 

 trees being placed close together. No. 4 is a human being and the inten 

 tion of the recorder is to imply that natives are resident there beyond 

 the woods. Another grove or forest occurs beyond the settlement, as 

 indicated by the group of trees at No. 5, beyond which another hamlet 

 is situated. 



Then comes another forest at No. 7, beyond which is a locality abound 

 ing in seals, No. 8. Beyond this is a range of timbered hills, the upland 

 being indicated by a semicircle covered with short vertical lines to 

 denote the timber. 



No. 10 is an ornamental mark similar to No. 18 in import, and serves 

 to denote the end of that particular record. 



A hunting scene begins with No. 11 j the 

 whale is moving toward the right, spouting, 

 causing the walrus, No. 12, to move out of the 

 way. Water fowl are seen at No. 13 ; while the 



QUARREL OVER GAME. &quot; . , . , 



elevations at No. 14, over which some birds are 



flying and at the left base of which is another walrus, appear to be 

 rocks protruding from the sea. 



At No. 15 are two other walrus, while at Nos. 16 and 17 are two 

 approaching whaling ships. 



The character at No. 18 concludes the history. 



COMBAT. 



But few illustrations occur in the ivory records in the National 

 Museum collections in which personal combat is portrayed. Wrest 

 ling is shown, in one instance, under the caption of Pastimes and 

 Games, while another denoting a struggle and combat with a walrus, 

 both being in the water, is given below. 



Fig. 117 represents an Alaskan in the water killing a walrus. The 

 exploit was deemed of sufficient importance to perpetuate it by record 

 ing the illustration upon a slab of ivory, now in the museum of the 

 Alaska Commercial Company, San Francisco, California. 



Two men having a serious altercation over a seal are shown in fig. 

 118. One is unarmed, while the other has a bow and arrow which he 



