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habits in order to take him out of the ele- 

 ment in which he was well equipped for 

 methods of escape. 



As for Jo-mul, who stands there so 

 erect and solemn upon the rock holding 

 the salmon with the gaff, he too has 

 habits and a life history. His long black 

 hair is cut evenly around at the level of 

 his shoulders, and his straight thin nose, 

 high cheek-bones, and dark skin mark the 

 man whose ancestors were perhaps here 

 with the other indigenous animals. He is 

 not at all like a white man, although he says 

 that he can speak English. I asked him 

 if he had ever seen a moose so far north 

 and he replied, " Seen um be markin' on 

 de paper." That was an unusually good 

 and long answer for him. As a rule it is 

 necessary to ask him a question several 

 times before he makes any kind of an 

 answer in Montagnais, traders' French, 

 or English. He is not morose, but like 

 others of his race he has failed to develop 

 the bump of language. I do not remem- 

 ber to have seen him lauorh but once, and 



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that was when I asked him to cut enough 



