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staff; in tlu' lliiid.tli 

 fourth, a wiialc willi I 

 inj>' iiniiak. On thi^ ( 

 walking; tlie second, 



7i.'2 IIOST] { Fig. ;57(J, from ITtkiavwin) which 

 lid <'all a. "buzz" toy. It is of pine wood, 

 les in the middle are passed the ends of a 

 piece of stout sinew braid, whicli are 

 knotted togethtr. Wlien the board is 

 placed in the middle of the string it can 

 unide to spin round and whiz by alter- 

 nately pulling and relaxing the ends of 

 the string. Tlie board is rather elabor- 

 ately painted. One end has a border of 

 lark lead on both faces, the other a 

 niilar border of red paint, whicli ap- 

 cars to be red lead. Broad red bands 

 irni a scpiare 1 inch across around tlie 

 ■s, with lines radiating from each cor- 

 ner to the corners of the board, on both 

 faces. On the spaces between these lines 

 are figures rudely drawn with black lead. 

 ■st space, is a grtose; in the second, a man with a 

 (■on\i'ntional li.uure of a whale's tail; and in the 

 ne and tioat attached to him, pursued by a whal- 

 her side, the lirst space contains a dog or wolf 

 two of these animals, sitting on their haunches, 



g each other; the third, 

 in the same attitude. 



another walking ; and the fourth, a rein- 



Fig. .iTT (No. SKSDO |i:!;?l) from Utkiavwin), on the other hand, is a 

 toy which the children often play with. It is the well known "whiz- 

 ziiig-stick" found among savages in so many widely distant parts of 

 tile world, and often used in religious ceremonies. The Eskimo name is 

 iiuiglnt a. It consists of a thin board of iiine wood, fa.stened by a string 



