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does not expect it to learn to walk until between 

 two and three years old. Then she makes a suit for 

 it of young seal's fur. When the child becomes 

 larger, say six or seven years old, a thicker suit is 

 made of polar bear skin; and then little "Auska" 

 feels as proud of his new clothes as "Our Charlie" 

 does of his new boots, and the chubby "Roegnia" 

 rejoices over her white suit as much as dainty Flora 

 in her arctics and muff and fur collar. But Au.ska 

 and Roegnia are dressed more nearly alike than 

 Charlie and Flora. Men's clothes are just like 

 women's clothes; only a woman's coat comes down to 

 a point and man's coat is cut off square, and that is 

 all the difference. They wear fur mittens and fur 

 shoes. 



I think it would be very nice for some ladies in 

 this country, if they were to go to Greenland; for 

 they would have no washing, no ironing, no scrub- 

 bing and no cooking to do. They don't even have 

 to wash their faces or comb their hair. Esquimaux 

 people have only the salt ocean water, and if they 

 had soft, fresh water they dare not use it, for it would 

 be like poison to their flesh when the thermometer 

 was 60- or 70° below zero. So, when they eat, my 

 people take a chunk of raw meat in one hand and a 

 chunk of blubber in the other, and take a bite of 

 each until it is eaten. Then they carefully rub the 

 grease and fat all over their hands and face, and feel 

 splendid afterwards. 



The women have long hair, made dark by the 



