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THE POLAR WORLD. 



A BAIDAR. 



across the continent to Hudson's Bay. Tiiose living upon the Yukon call them 

 Co-yukons, that is, People of the Great River, " Yukon" in their language sig- 

 nifying river. They are much feared by the surrounding tribes, and liave often 



FOUR-POST COFFIN. 



given no little trouble to their Russian masters. Many of these wear a bone 

 ornament stuck through the sei^tum of the nose. 



