Mi'ui.".ii,| I'KUSOXAI, iiAiurs. 121 



Til.- (■..nt.Mlts ,)f rllis v.'ss.'l, li.'ili.;- IliiN.'.l with l.'.-.'S, is II. >l lit tul- 



tannin- skins, ct.'., an.l is .-.i 

 use a small tub (kuovwin) as : 

 fully sav.'.l. Th..uoli lli.' int. 

 inu.-li .-an not l.c said lor ils > 

 tilth is siiii|.ly tlir.iwn oiil up. 

 or .•.>iiitbrt. an.l this 1..m-oiii.'s 

 in suiiini.'r. Th.' .nily s.mv.mi. 



l.i..c,.s .,f skill, r.-fiis.. in..al. an.l .-v.ai r.'.'.'s. In r.'-ai.l I rs.nial 



.■l.'anlin.'ss. tli.-iv is .•,,iisi.l.aalil.' .lilh'r.Mi.'.' \H■\^^rru iii.livi.luals. S.inic 



IMM.].!.', .•s|....'ially th." I ivr w.Mii.ai an.l .■liil.lr.n. aiv ii.il ..nly .-aivl.'ss 



ahoiil their .■lotht's, -■..in-- aliout .livss.'.l in la.u-.'.l, -rcasy, lilthy .uar- 

 nicnts, but s.'hl.nn wash .'xi'ii tli.'ir fa.'.'s an.l haii.ls. iiin.-h l.'ss Ih.ar 

 whol.' persons. One of tli.-s,. \v..in.-n. in.l.-.'.l. was .Ics.-rib.'ii l.y li.'r 

 oTown up .lauf;htcr as "That wonuiu with th.' black on h.'r nos.'." 



Oil the other hand must of the wealthier people appear to take pride 

 in beinji- neatly .dad. and. exi-ept when actually engagv.l in some .lirty 

 work, always have their faces an.l han.ls. at l.'asf, s.'riipiiloiisly .dean 

 and their hair u.'atiy .■onih.'.l. Even tli.' wind.' person is s..iii. •times 

 washed in spite of th.' s.'arrity of water. Many are 4;lii<l <•> 'A''^ ^"'iP 

 (iBkrikun) and use it freely. Lieut. Ray .says that his tw.) j;uides, 

 Mu'nialu and Apaidyao, at the eud of a day's numdi w.mld iiev.-r sit 

 down to su|iper with.mt washing their faces and hands with s.iaj) an.l 

 water, an.lc.nnbini; their hair, and I recollect that once, when 1 went over 

 to the village to get a .youug man to start with Lieut, 'liay on a boat 

 journey, he would not start until he had hnnt.Ml up a [li.'.-.' of soap and 

 washed his lace and hands. These p.'.iple, ..f c.)iirse. pra.ti.e the 

 usual Eskimo habit of washing themselves with freshly passe.l urine. 

 This custom arises not only from the scarcity of water and th.- difli- 

 enlty of heating it, but from the fact that th.- amm.mia .if th.' urine is 

 ail .'x.'.dlent substitute tor soap in removing the grease with whi.li the 

 skill ii.'cessarily becomes soil.'.l.' This fact is w.dl known to ..nr whale- 

 men, who are in the habil of saving tli.'ir urine to wash the .>ily chithes 

 with. Thesamebabitisiira.'ti.-.'.lby th.''- (;hukclies".,>f east.Tii Siberia.-' 

 All, however, get more ..r l.'ss shabby and dirty in the siiinin.r, wlu-n 

 they ar.' living in t.'uts an.l boats. All ar.' more or l.'ss inlested 

 with lice, an.l they an- in th.' habit of searching .'a. h ..tliers" h.'a.ls for 

 these, which they eat, aft.-r the faslii.m of so many otlu'r sa\ ages. They 

 have also another tilthy habit— that .>f .ating the mucus from th.'uos 

 trils. A similar pra.'tice was noti.'.'.l in (Ire.uiland by Eg.'.b," who 

 goeson (luaintly to say: '' Thus they make goo.l tli.' ol.l pr.>verb, • What 

 drips from the nose falls into the mouth, that n.ithing may be lost."" 



