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i,j,..-,' ofrfiiia.-rr aiill.-i wliic-li lias 1)c-.mi iviliiwd in thii-kness by sawing 

 o'lit' ii slice for S inclics lioiii liii' hutt and brinj^inK the two parts together 

 with tour stout wooden treenails about l.i inches apart. This is pref- 

 erabh' to trimming it down to a proper thickness Ir.iin the surface, as 



the hitter process would remove the < ijtact lissu.' of the outside and 



exiH.se the soft inside tissue The whipiiing of seal thong just above 

 th<' tiaii"e of the liuil helps to given better grip and, at the same time, 

 to hold^thi! i>arts touethci. As before, there are two large holes for 

 the hishiiig. Adzes of this sort are used for all large pieces of wood 

 work, such as timbers foi- boats, planks, and beams for houses, etc. 

 Alti'i- roughly dressing these out with the adz they are neatly smoothed 

 ott' witli the crooked knife, or sometimes, of late years, with the plane. 

 Tlie work of '-gi-fting out"' tlie large ].ieees of wood is almost always 

 done where the drift log lies on the beach. When a man wants a new 

 stem (u- stcrnposi for his umiak, or a plank to icpair his house, he 

 .searches along the beach until he finds a suitable jiiece of driftwood. 



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he claims by putting a mark on it, and sometimes hauls up out 

 way of the waves. Then, when he has lei.sure to go at the work, 

 •s out with liis adz an<l siiends tlie day getting it into shajte and 

 iiig it to a convenient size to can y home, either slung on his back 

 loo large, on a dog sled. .\ man si^ldom takes the trouble to carry 

 more of a pieic of timber than he actually needs for the ])urpose 



tling th 



tore the intro<lu<'tiou of iron. 

 ■esting series of ancient tool.s, 



implement from a rude oblong 

 ing edge on one end, to the 



have, however, not even yet 

 Ihe tool in which to insert the 

 imiuers, picks, and mattocks — 



the expanded end of the haft. 

 ling on wet and allow ing it to 



adzes are of Jade, a material 

 Iness, which, however, renders 



