made from a small iili(it(i.i;r;i])li 

 are usually round) ill tVinit, Imf 

 stout vertical posts (ni cadi sid 

 end and mortised into the lunm 

 wooden arches half flic lici^ht of tlic 

 ners, each arcli a little in front dI' eae 

 Strij) runs alon.i;- tlie middle of ea,!, sid 

 supported hy the an-lies. The sled-e 

 usually carefully made and olten jiain 



1 rails. An: 

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 lid 1)V foiii 



■lolsloii 

 > the run 

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Of the unia or Hat sledge we have, fortunately a .^ood |.liotoi;iaph, 

 Fig. 357. To the thick straight wooden runners are fistened directly 

 seven cross slats, which project about 2 inches at each end beyond the 

 runner, to which they are fasteued by two stitches of wlialehonc each. 

 A h)ngitudinal strij) runs along above the slats on each side. These 

 sledges are generally made on the same iiatteru. varying somewhat in 



size. A .•ommon size is about ti teet long, about L'i feet wnle, and !t or 

 HI inches higli. Very small sledges of this pattern are sometimes made, 

 es])eciailly for the iJiu-pose, as we were told, of carrying provisions, per- 

 haps when one or two persons desire to make a rapid .journey of some 

 length, or for carrying a small share of meat from camp to camp. 



One of these (Fig. .'558, No. Siiss!) | U4()J, from Utkiavwiii), which shows 

 signs of long use, was brought home. It is 20"7 inches long and 1.5 broad, 

 and has ivory runners, with three wooden slats across them, held down 



' The word used was " kau-kau." Perhap.s it referred to a aoal for food, as the sledgo appears very like 

 ouo doscrihcd by Hooper {Corwin Keport, p. 105) as used on the "Arctic Coast." " When sealiug on 

 solid ico a small sled is aonititimes used, the runners of whicli are made of walrus tusks. It is per- 

 haps 16 inches long by 14 inches wide and 3 inches high. It is used in dragging the carcass of the 

 seal over the ice." 



We, however, never saw sucli sleds used for dr.agging seals. This om- may havi- Ijccn iui]iortnrl from 

 farther soutli. See also, Beechey, Voyage, etc., p. 251, where lie speaks of .seeing at Kotzebue .Sound, a 

 drawing on ivory of " a seal dragged home on a small sledge." 



