._)r,,j Till'. I'OINT liAUKOW ESKIMO. 



\V,. l.nm-lit lioi.M' two siuTiincu.s ..f tlii^s cmunoM ..bject (nigawau- 

 (.tiin. X<>. .S'.tSST |1U1|, Fij;-- -■"''N will serve as tlic type. The top 

 is .if spruce, S^i iiiclies loiii; and 10^ wide. Tiie iipi)er siirfaee is flat 

 and siiiodtli." tllr lowrr lir..:idly Leveled otf (.11 tlie^ edi;-es and deejdy 

 i-xeaval.'d in llie nnddle. s,i lliat tlieiv are three stiai.ulit ridges joiii- 

 iii-' the tliree leu>. earli of whicli stands ill the middle of a slight 

 proliiilieiiee. Tlie nhjret of eiittilig away the wood ill this way is to 

 make til.' sKiol h-liter. leaving it thick only at the jioiiits where the 

 pressure coiucs. The lar-e round hole in the middh", near tiie front, is 

 lor .•onveuieiice in pi.-kingit up and lianging it on tlie cacli.' frame, 

 xvli.-ivil IS generally kept. The three legs are set into lioh'S at each 

 coiner, spieadinu out so as to stand on a liase larger thau the top of 

 the stooL Where the.\ lit into the holes they are 0-7 inch iu diameter, 

 tapi'i-ed slii;hlly to lit thi' liole. and then ta|iering down to a diameter 

 of one third inch al the tip. On the under side of the top they are 



edge of the lop haslieeii mended, as usual, with a stitch of whalebone. 



No. ,St)88S (lir-'l. rr<uu the sa village, is new and a little larger, 



but ditlers fi-om the type only in having a. triangular instead of a round 

 hole iuthe toj) and no lashing. Those of our jiarty who landed at 

 Sidarii September 7, ISSl. saw luie of these stools haii.giiig up in the 

 then vacant village, and there is a i.recisely similar stool in the Mu- 

 seiiiii from the .\udersoii region. 



iMacFarlaiic. in his luanuscript notes, descrilies the use of these stools 

 us follows: ••llotli tribes kill seals nnih'r ice; that is, they watch for 

 them at tlicir holes (breathing) or wherever open water appear.s. At 

 the former tliey generally build a small snow house somewhat like a 

 sentinel's box. (ill the bott(uii of wliieli they tix a iiortable three-eoriiered 



stool, made of w 1. They stand on this and thereby escape gettuig 



cohl feet, as woiihl be tlie case were llie\ to remain for any tJEie on ice 

 or snow in the same iinmo\al)le posiliiui." Ileyoud this I tind no men- 

 tion of the use of any siieli a utensil, east or west, exc-ept ill Greenland, 

 where, however, they used a sort of one legged chair to sit on, as well 

 as a footstool, which flgeile iiictiires ( I'l. '.») as oval, with very short legs.' 



Seal ilniiis ii(tsiii'lii'i.) — livery seal hunter carries with him a line for 



dragging ho his game, cousisting of a stout thong doubled in a bight 



about IS inches long, with an ivory handle or knob at the other end. 



The bight is ,cd inio ail incision in tlic seal's lower Jaw, while the 



knob .serves for attaching a longer line or the end of a dog's harness. 

 The seal is dragged on his back and runs as smooildy as a sled. We 



ok (lilt fill- Hiili'-s, whicIi tliii Seals themselTCs i 



hole, he pierces it instuutly with his har- 



