212 THE HUDSON BAY ESKIMO. 



The till tags lioiii plug tobacco are eagerly sought for, perforated 

 aud attached in peudaut strands 3 or 4 inches long to sealskin strips 

 and thus serve the place of beads. I saw one woman who certainly 

 had not less than a thousand of these tags Jingling as she walked. I 

 have also seen coins of various countries attached to the arms and 

 dress. One coin was Brazilian, another Spanish, aud several were 



Fio. 32. Eskiuiu niau a sealskin < o.it (front). 



English. Coins of the provinces were quite numerous. These were 

 all doubtless obtained from the sailors wlio annually visit the place, in 

 exchange for little trinkets ijrepared by the men and women. 



The collection contains live of these coats, Nos. 3005, 31*25-3227 of 

 deerskin, aud 3504 of sealskin. The last is a very elaborate garment, 

 made of handsomely contrasted pieces of the skin of two kinds of 

 seals, the harbor seal and the harp seal, arranged in a neat pattern. 



It is not common to come across a garment of this kind, as the 

 skins of the proper or desired kinds are sometimes hard to obtain. 



