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women, their lithe bodies clad in garments that give freedom 

 to every movement ; they do not appear to tliink that there is 

 any credit in being jolly at a dance. How they fling and swing 

 themselves about, dancing in perfect time — dancing all over, 

 from tlie tip-top of their waving, nodding top-knots to the 

 tips of their energetic little toes ! I should like to witness 

 with what wonder, with what laughter, these little ladies would 



A FAREWELL GLIMPSE. 



look upon the sad- eyed swains at one of our fashionable balls. 

 They make the best of their surroundings, despite their hard 

 environment. Verily, verily, an Eskimo missionary might 

 teach us a few things. 



The Eskimo dances are not national. European and 

 American whalers have been the dancing-masters, and so the 

 Eskimos can waltz and polka, but the reel they love best, and 



