K( )( ) 



.",.,1 |Mt 



.,MTinlly 



from the white whale skins. 



elsewhere. Siidi criiniicd s( 



where, varying' Imt little in 



tern. The Greenland IxMits 



noticeable tor the neatness dt tin- t iiiii|i 



iug, while specimens in the .AInscuiii from 



the central rei;i(m are decidedly sluviidy 



in their worknianship. The In Kits worn 



by the natives of Plover I'.ay have tiie 



sole narrowed at the shank and liardly 



coming over the toot cxcciil at the toe 



and heel, wheie they aie ciiniiied. hut 



less deeply than usual. This style of sole 



very much resembles tlmse of a pair of 



Kamchatdale boots in the National Mu- 

 seum, which, however, are turned uji with- 

 out crimping, as is the case with the boots 



used by the Aleuts on the Commander 



Islands, of which Dr. L. Stejnc.uci has 



kindly shown me a specinu-n. There is a 



folded '-welf of sealskin in the scam be- 

 tween the uppci' and sole of tlie j'loNCl 



Bay boots. 1 am informed by < apt. Keren 



deen that the natives liav.^ b.'cn tau.uht to 



imt this in by the whalemen who every 



year ])ur<'hase large nund)eis of boots on 



the Siberian coast, for use in the Arctic. Mnuiar welts, wiiicii are \ery 



unusual on Kskimol ts.arct.. !..■ seei some brought by .Mr. X.'Ison 



from Kin-s Island and Norton Sound. The 

 iter bo.its usually haxc U|ipers of deer- 

 11, generally the short-haired skin from 

 legs. .Mountain-sheepskin is sometimes 



<1 for full-dress 1 ts. and sealskin with 



hair out for working 1 ts. The latter 



is not a ii«nd material, as the snow sticks 

 to it badly. There arc tour jiairs of nieifs 

 winter boots in the collcctiiui, from which 

 No. r,t;irM [lllj (Fig. :.-.) has been selecte.l 

 as the typt^ of the 

 are made of decr-1 



soles. Leg and upper arc in Ibur 



•s,' back 1. two sides L' 1'. ami front ;!; 



(1 3 are gored at <i a a to fit the sw.-ll 



dark skin, and li 2 lighter colored, especially 



along the middle. The bottom is cut off accurately to lit the sole but the 



top is left iiTCgnilar, as this is concealed by the breeches. The boots are 



day pattern. The 

 in with white sea 



.-alt: I and , 



' See diagram, Fij 



