284 



lisliiii- ill lliis .•(,M 



UMS .Mllcd a Hsliiii- hii.' 

 I-'islilio..ks of the kind <lrs, 

 siTvcs lor a liiiv. aiiiKMJ wi 



Mr. Nelson and 



UAUKOW F.SKIMO. 



^ up the lint- sucli as we saw at Point 

 art' \«i y coinnioii among the Eskimo 

 iitcrial is iirclcrable to any otlier for 

 iiol only docs tlM' clastie wlialelxnie 

 liii'h loriiis instantly on the wet line 

 nt can easily l.c shaken off. Xo. r,i;r>-ir, 

 es Ion- and (l-<l.-, incli in .liametcr. made 

 a round hraid witli four strands. Tins 

 was the only one of the kind seen. 

 . witli a liody of bone or ivory, which 

 qinror \>c\\t hook of metal, withont a 

 ■vailin.u type amon.iist the Kskimo. In tlu- 

 h1 (as shown by the extensive collections of 

 is is often converte.l into an elaborate lure by 

 i-ads, bits of the red beak of the ],uf(in. etc. 

 custoiu in (hvenlaml of baitin.u' a hook with 



Xets {Kiihnt).—'nw most important lishery at the rivers is cari'ied on 

 by means of uill-nets. set under the ice, and \isiteil excry few days, lu 

 these ar.' taken lar,-e nnndiers of all three species of whitefish (Oore- 

 j;dnus keuicolii. C nelsoni. and (.'. lauicltaM The collection contains 

 three specimens of these lu'ts, two of whalebone and one of sinew. Xo. 



il deep, made of line 

 strips of whaleboiK. fast- 

 ened too-ether as in tlie 

 uhalebone fishing lines. 

 ^^>st of the whalebone is 

 K'k, but a few light c.,1- 

 ■d striiis are intermixed 

 raiulom. The length 

 the mesli is 3^ inelies, 

 d the knot used in mak- 

 I «ii;,i.i...,„ M.I ing them is the (mliiiary 



n.'tting-knot. When not 

 nil into a comi.act ball and tied n|i with a bit 

 this net is 21 feet 7 inches hing and 3 feet 4 

 !■ whalebone net (No. ."".(iT.IS (17l!|, also from 

 lo this, but slightly larger, being ST meshes (25 

 ngth of mesh is 3^ inches. 



I, ;in<l at tho Eml tacked together." 

 ikn.p. US; anil tbo Museum CoUec- 

 ainl Anderson rivers, collected by 



iL-iid. or a bit of red clotb " (when 



of String. When 

 inches .leep. Tlie 

 l-tkiavwln), issim 

 feet) long and 22 (.' 



■s) d^ 



