Mi-RDOcn 1 SN<J\V-GOG(.iLES. 



eyes, admitting tbf liglit by a nan-dw lioiizontiil slit, uhidi : 

 only a small amount of light to reach the rye niHJ ;it ilic saim 

 gives sufficient range of vision. Such goggles ;iic iiiii\-crs;ill\ cmi 

 by the Eskimos everywhere' excejit in Siberia, where liiey use a 

 shade for the eyes.-* 



We l)rought home Ibnr jiairs of thes(^ goggles (I'dyigun i. nf uli 

 89894 [1708], Fig. 259, represents the comnidii toini. Tli.'se aic .. 

 wood, 5-8 inches long and 1-1 inches broad, ami deeply e\.;i\ aied 

 in.side, with a narrow horizontal slit with thin edges on eacii side 

 middle. In the middle are two notches to fit the nose, the one 

 lower edge deep and rounded, the upper very shaUow. The, tw( 

 in each end are for strings of sinew braid to ])ass ronnd the head. 

 are neatly made and the outside is scraped sniootli and sUom s tr; 

 a coat of red ocher. 



The history of this particulai pan of goguh s is ]i( < nli nh mn n 

 Though difteimg in no imjioitant ie'>i)e< t lioiii tl 

 di\ tll(^ M< i< I id .in th< sit 



•J CI 



evidently an old sea Ix^ach, con 

 sistingof sand and gravel niixe. 



with broken shells, a iig wlii 



amount of the siii)eriii.iimli.iii 

 object does not necessaiil,\ iii.lii 

 they were first buried, as w ill 1 

 sai.'l al)..v.' (p. -'S) ab..iil lli.' 

 gravel aiv piisli.Ml up by (lie i.-.' 

 nearly a lo..! Iliiek. with wlii.li 

 sh..ws that a .•onsi.lerable p.-ri.; 

 reached nearly to its j.reseiit le 

 The i)attern of these g.iggli-s 

 at that early date this regi.ni w 

 .litfei-eiit from its present inliab 

 are almost always of the shap.' 

 l)airnia(lein two pieces i..iiie.l 1 

 They are, I think, universally i 



trum 

 and > 



length .jf tin 

 1.1 fv.>m what 



I have 



M-kS ..f 



.1 sin. 



; 1.1 my min.l a \'eiy deeide.l \>\i 



s inhabited by Eskim.. ii.it .■ss. 



lilts. Goggles w.irii at til.' ]ires. 

 these, th<TOgh I remember se.'i 

 short strings of beads aei.iss tl 



iiited with i-ed ocher .311 the .mts 



' See Parry, 2<l Voyage, 

 Iiposite p. 14; Craiitz, Hist 

 ,Uo il.icFavlaiie, MS., X". ^ 

 'Xor.lenskiold. Vi-s.-i, vi.I, 

 *Keport U.S. lutoruatiou: 



p. 547, !■: 



. li>5, figure (Xo 



