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^t. by wood. Ml 1 



THE POINT liAHKOW ESKIMO. 



[lips, tlir thinl st;iii<iiii.i;- in tlio li-ht liaiid front for- 

 riic (lisli is lilli'd Willi oil. wliicli is IiiiiikmI liy means 

 ihcis ainiii.ncd alon- the outer cduc Lar.t;e laini)S 

 into tlneecoiii|iartmeiits, of which the iiiiddk' is the 

 ns called sii'potin (corresiiondiiii;- to the 

 lam across a stream for catching fish, (2) a 

 wicks can also be arranged. Tlie 

 miinu' and arranging the 



JFlG. 47.— StoDC lioiisi- hinip- 



, tlie size of which is regulated by ki 

 d is usually kept tilled by the drip fr 

 harp stick (aju'ksuxbwin) projecting 



ises tlh 

 1 otlhc 



stick (kul. 



,r less of 

 blubber 

 about a 



ighter"), 



uettc. without the trouble of ,-cltin- down, by di|, pin- the end 

 I of the lain]) and lightin- this at the tiame. The sticks used 

 uing the wick also serve as pipe-lighters and for carrjing fire 

 le room in the same way.'' No food, except an occasional 



^ht pipes, rtc. In lilt' saini- \\'ay other piiiH 

 amo p.age : " I liavo seen such pins, also oblong 

 ipeil in train-oil, have been uaed as torches. 



