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lashed to the tops of the stanchions to form rails. Crosspieces con- 
nect the sides of the sled between the stanchions. 
These sleds are very light, weighing only from 15 to 20 pounds. 
They are used for short hunting or fishing trips, and are hauled usually 
by the hunter himself. In the spring they are used by hunters to haul 
their kaiaks on the sea ice to open water, or to the cracks that are 
opening. When such a break is reached, the hunter places the sled on 
the top of the kaiak, back of the manhole, and paddles across to the 
other side, where he disembarks, places the kaiak on the sled, and 
resumes his journey. In this manner these people make long trips 
over the sea ice in search of seals and walrus. 
Fie. 61—Kaviak hunter with hand sled. 
When a hunter wishes to make a trip to the mountains in winter in 
search of reindeer and does not care to take dogs with him, he fre- 
quently loads his provisions, bedding, and gun on one of these light 
sleds and drags it to the camping place. 
The accompanying illustration (figure 61), from a photograph, rep- 
resents a deer hunter leaving St Michael with one of these sleds for 
a winter hunt in the mountains backward from the coast. 
Both of the styles of sleds described are in common use over nearly 
the entire coast district visited. 
The runners of the larger sleds are commonly shod with thin, flat 
strips of bone—sawed from the jawbone of a whale—of the same 
width as the runner, and fastened on with wooden pegs; the smaller 
