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ORTHOGRAPHY. 



In the spelling of Eskimo words the author has adhered as closely 

 as possible to Kleinschmidt's orthography, as he did not deem it 

 proper to introduce a linguistic alphabet after so much has been 

 published in anotlier and almost sufficient one. 



Accents and lengths have been marked where it seemed to be de- 

 sirable. In quotations Eskimo words are spelled according to this 

 system where it is possible to recognize their meaning and deriva- 

 tion. In other cases the original spelling of the authors has been 

 retained. The alphabet used in this paper is as follows: 



