168 A "NUNNY BAG." — COSSACKS. 



pieces of skin running from top to bottom), with ear flaps and 

 strings to tie beneath the chin. Secondly, a hunting or " numiy 

 bag,'" to sHng over the shoulders and carry the provisions or any 

 articles of use or luggage : this, too, is entirely of sealskin make. 

 It is unnecessary to enter closely into the details of the work on 

 these articles as the sewing is usually of the same type in each 

 article as that on the seams of the bootlegs, while the style may 

 vary according to the taste of the person for whom they are made. 

 The nunny bag is a spacious bag, wider than high, with an immense 

 lapel. It is carried on the back between the shoulders, and se- 

 cured by bands which slip over the arms and rest on the shoulders. 



As we have gone so far in the hunting or tramping dress of the 

 Labradorians, a short account of their other principal articles of 

 outside wear may not here be out of place. Of course the general 

 clothing in the winter months, whatever it may be, is of the warmest 

 possible kind ; the heaviest flannels are always used, and sometimes 

 several pair, while the cloth of which the coat and pantaloons are 

 made is as stout and thick as can be obtained. The men wear 

 cotton or perhaps a sort of duck overalls, and cossacks ; the former 

 need very little description being simply what I have named them, 

 and, worn over the pantaloons, are with them, tucked into the boots. 

 A cossack is a loose short jacket. It is made of swanskin, and 

 the long sleeves reach to the hand while the robe or hood for the 

 head is cornucopia-shaped, and fastened to the collar behind. 

 The binding is of calico. It is secured around the waist by a 

 scarf the ends of which hang to the left ; or the belt holding 

 the hunting knife (an article always worn, concealed or open) 

 is simply strapped around the body. 



A person attired in such an outfit as I have mentioned is warm 

 and well provided for almost any sort of weather that may come. 

 He is ready to meet the thermometer at 30° or even 40° below 

 zero, while by leaving off some of the flannel underwear he can 

 readily adapt himself to a warm day. Long tramps are thought 

 nothing of; hospitality, as I have said before, is extended to him 

 from every house upon the road ; hardships seem nothing ; while 



