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I'lIE 



•UlNT BAKK'OW ESKIMO. 



and largi iiostiils Tla iMs u. li"ii 

 arc but slulitl\ simkdi lit low tli. I. \( 

 The inoulli IS In^( iikI tli. lips In 

 tfcthairnitni ilh lii^. md m \imtl 

 Imt h.viiiKlilN u« Ili< \ 111 -I IK I ill\ « 

 as is usual iiuou^ tin I skiiuo 1 lu (o 



nitil ' \\itli 1 itlur full lids, and 



ot tll( tH( 



(spKiilh tli( nndei oiif. The 

 ii( wliiti and ntntiallv regular, 

 1 H (low u to tl it (low U( (1 stumps, 

 1 ol tli( skill IS 1 li^lit ycll(.\visli 



bnnvu, with often (considerable ruddy color un the cheeks and lips. 

 There appears to be much natural variation iu the complexion, some 

 women being nearly as fair as Europeans, while other individnals seem 

 to have naturally a cojipeiy color.' Iu most cases the complexion ap- 

 pears darker tliaii it ivally is IV t lie cirecls of exposure to the weather. 



All sunburn very easily, especially in the spring when there is a strong 

 reflection from the snow. 



' The expression of obliquity in the eyes, incntion(-(l by Dr. Simpson (op. cit., p. 239), seems to me to 

 h.avo arisen from the shape of the cheek bones. 1 may be mistaken, however, as no careful compari- 

 sons were made on the spot. 



' Frobisher says of the people of Baffin Land : " Their colour is not much unlike the sunburnt countrle 

 man." Hakluyfs Voyages, etc. (1589), p. 627. 



