Xo. SiCWti [1340] is ;i similar pair nf cai-rin-s, in wUu-U tlir li,., 

 jects at right augles aud terminates in a tlal. rmind liuiton. I'.otI 

 speeiineusareof theusiialpatteru,l)nt \ crN' rdiiuiilx mailc I'liccu: 

 wearing earrings is very general among tlic Ivskinm. 1 nccil <>iil 

 to the (leserii)ti(.ns ot dicss anil ornaments already (iin.trd. 



Lnhtet.s.—A!^ has been stated by all travelers who iiave \ isite, 

 Barrow .sinee the time ot Klson, all the adnlt males wear I lie 

 or stml-shaped lip ornaments. The disenssion of the origin and 

 of this Iiahit, or even a eomparison of the forms of lalnets in use 



the Eskinni, wonld lead me far beyond the seoj f the |ireseni 



They are or have been worn by all the Kskinio of western A 



inelndiug St. Lawrence Island and the lHoim>des. from the mosi 



em point of their range to the INIaekenzie and Amh-rson distri 



w«'re also worn Ity Alents in aneient tinu's.- I<;ast of the Slacken 



triet no traces of the habit are to be observed. I'etitot^ says tin 



JSathnrst is the most eastern i>oint at 



which labrets are wcmi. The enstom ot 



wearing them at this place is jierhaiis 



recent, as Dr. Armstrong, of the furr.sti 



Ijator, expressly states that lie saw none 



"there in 1850. At I'lover l!ay. eastern 



Siberia, however. I notieeil oni' or two 



men with a little cross „v circh' tatt.ied 



nnder each coiner of the month. Jnst in 



the position ot the labret. This ma\ be a 



reminisceni'c ot an ancient habit of wear 



ing labrets, or nia\ ha\(' been done in imi 



tationofthe peoph'ofthe hiomedesand 



the American coast. fiu. ii(i.-EaTrinL;s, 



labrets, .nu' at each corner of the month, thongh one <>v b..th o 

 are fre(|iiently left ont. They told ns. however, that in ancient 



the middle. Certain old ami large-sized labrets in the c..llect ion a 

 to have been Ilins worn. The incisions for the lal)rets apjiear to b 

 about theageof i>Mberty, thongh I knew mw young man who ha. 

 married tor some months betbre he had the o]ieratiou i)erfornHd. 

 the young man's character. I fancy shyness or timidity, as sngge: 



Dr. Simpson." had s cthing to do with the d.day. Contrary 



Simpson's exixaience. I did not see a single man above the age e 

 1!» who did not wear the labrets. It seems hardly probable that 



Otih' 



refe 

 I'oin 



^onth 

 t. ami 



tCap 



saio 

 na.le 



to l>r. 

 f IcS or 

 ability 



j;hl,v trL-ati-il by Mr. W. H. P:i 



lor 1881-'82, pp.67-2o;i. 



, p. 87. .111(1 thn p:iper just ri-l.i 



