30 M'Keevor's Voyage to Hudson's Bay. 



The eye - nrtinD^^asdfuJ Killik. 



A tooth - - j /*,> ;fh Ukak. 



One - Kombuk. 



Two .{.,;,, ... Tigal. 



Three - ,..* M ; - - Ke. 

 Rum (this word properly signifies mad water) Killaluk. 



The head - - - Niakok. 



The moon - - Takok. 



A rein-deer - f ,- Tuktoo. 



A woman's boat - - Oomiak." 

 The dresses of this singular people are very curious ; and, 

 considering the rude instruments with which they are manu- 

 factured, of uncommon neatness. They are made of the 

 skins of the rein-deer, seals, and birds. The outer garment re- 

 sembles somewhat a waggoner's smock-frock ; it is not, how- 

 ever, so long or so loose ; it is sewed up in the front as high as 

 the chin. To the top part a cap or hood is fastened, resembling 

 very much the head of the cloaks now so much used in these 

 countries; in cold or wet weather they draw this over their 

 heads, and by means of a running string, they can make it 

 lie as close to the face as they choose. The women's jackets 

 differ somewhat from those of the men; the hood is much 

 larger, and the bottom, instead of being cut even round like 

 the men's, slopes off from the thigh downwards, forming, 

 both behind and before, a long flap, the pointed extremity of 

 which reaches below the knees. Many of the women had a 

 train to their jackets sufficiently long to reach to their heels. 

 The women's jackets also differ from those of the men in be- 

 ing more profusely ornamented with stripes of different coloured 

 skins, which are inserted in a very neat and tasty manner. 

 This outer garment is most usually made of seal-skins ; some 

 of them, however, are made of deer-skins ; others of bird's- 

 skins, neatly sewed together. A few of them, I observed, 

 wore under their outer-jacket a kind of garment not unlike a 

 shirt, and consisting of a number of seals bladders sewed to- 

 gether. Their breeches are formed either of seal-skin or of 

 the thin-haired skins of the rein-deer ; they are gathered at 

 top like a purse, and tied round their waists. Their boots 

 and shoes are formed of the same materials, and are soled with 

 the skin of the sea-horse. The men's boots are drawn tight 

 about their knees by means of a running-string ; their shoes 

 are made to tie in close to the ankle by the same contrivance. 

 The women's boots are made to come up as high as the hips ; 

 they are at this part very wide, and made to stand off by means 

 of a strong bow of whalebone passed round the top. Into 

 these they put the children when tired with carrying them on 



