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THK POINT liAKl 



■;kim( 



the pMttcni of No. r>()74S [l.S()|, naiiicly, ])rowH, witli wliitc Icjj; gussets. 



I'aiital IS wholly of hrowii skin anMiiiite coiniiioii, csin'cially for cvcry- 



<lav wi-ar. whil.- striped oii.'s, like No. 74(»4li [1701']. are iimcli less usual 

 anil worn s|HM-ially for full .hvss. Cliildreu's pantaloons are always 

 l.rowu. and I lia\c sern one pair, worn l.y a youn.y- lad. ol' lynx skin. 

 The two or tlircf pairs whirli we saw worn by uuMi were w iiolly brown. 

 These jiaiitaloons of Icl;- skin with sealskin soles are always worn with 

 th<' hair out and usually over a pair of under jiantaloons of the sanu' 

 shape, but mad.' of softer skins with longer hail', which is worn nrxt 



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Fiu. 73.— P.attema of worran'e 



in snniiner and the inner ones only worn, the feet being jiroteeted by 

 sealskin wateiproof Ijoots, as already stated. The waterproof sealskin 

 liantaloons mentioned in the same connection do not fit so neatly, as 

 they are made with as few seams as possible (usually only one, up the 

 leg) to avoid leakage. They are sewed with the waterproof seam, and 

 held up round the aidde by strings, like the waterproof bo,,ts to be de- 

 scribed furtlier on. This last- mentioned garment seeius to be peculiar 

 to the Point Barrow region (including probably Wainwright Inlet and 

 perhaps the rest of the coast down to Kotzebue Sound). No mention 

 of such a complete protection against wet is to be found in any of the 

 published accounts of the Eskimo elsewhere, nor are there any si)eci- 

 mens in the Museum.' 



'Dr. Simpson's language (op. cit., p. 243) is a litlli' 

 water-tight sealskin boots"), but probably refers to i) 

 coat of the same material," and the boots and outsidr 

 round the faee," mentioned in the same place, appeari 

 time. At all events, we saw neither, though wo con 



. ( 'Tho feet and legs are incased in 

 ll.i-ti.Uie knee boots. The "outside 



;i'Ir ;ill in one, with a drawing string 

 gone wholly out of fashion since his 



jaw the natives when working in the 



boats, and these garments, especially the latter, could hardly have failed to attract our attention. 



