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" How many ? " 



" Most likely a good many." 



" A hundred or a thousand ? " 



" He doesn't counts." 



" Is there an Eskimo village in these parts, — a town where 

 they come together in winter ? " 



" He says most likely there is." 



"Doesn't he know ? " 



"Most likely he does." 



" But ask him ! " 



" He says most likely there is.". 



"Where is it?" 



" He doesn't know." 



"Then he doesn't know whether there is a village near this 

 place or not ? " 



" Most likely he doesn't." 



" Have the Eskimos any ideas of religion ? " 



"Most likely they have." 



" But ask him." 



" He says he doesn't understand what religion is." 



" Does he expect to go to any place when he dies ? " 



" Most likely he does." 



" Ask him where ? " 



" He says most likely he don't know where." 



" Have they any burial service when one of their number dies?" 



" He says most likely they hasn't." 



" At what age does the Eskimo marry ? " 



" Most likely the girl will be ten or twelve and the man seven- 

 teen or eighteen." 



" Do they ever quarrel and separate ? " 



" He says most likely they does." 



" What do they do then ? " 



" He says most likely the woman gets another man, and the man 

 most likely finds another woman." 



" Do the men ever marry more than one woman, or have two or 

 three wives at one time ? " 



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