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skin tongue and heelstrap, and buckskin t&ps (Fig. 42). The tanned 

 and smoked reindeer skin for these tops was purchased from the Nas- 

 copie Indians. 



A peculiar style of shoe (Fig. 43), of which 1 collected four pairs, is 

 used by the so-called "Northerners," who derive most of their subsist- 

 ence from the sea in winter, and who constantly have to travel on the 

 ice, which is often very slippery. To prevent slipping, narrow strii)s of 



Fio. 39. — Eskimo woman's deerskin coat. 



Fig. 40, liuck.^ide of same. 



sealskin are sewed upon a piece of leather, which makes an undersole 

 for the shoe, in the manner shown in the figure. 



One end of the strij) is first sewed to the subsole and the strip pushed 

 up into a loop and stitched again, and so on till a piece is made big 

 enimgh to cover the sole of the shoe, to which it is sewed. These ice 

 shoes are worn over the ordinary waterproof boots. 



As I have already said, these boots are all made by the women. The 

 sole is cut out by eye and is broadly elliptical in shape, somewhat 

 pointed at the toe and heel. The leg is formed of a single piece, so that 



