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the whip handle. The skin of tlic deer's forelegs, which has hair of a 

 different character from that on the body, also makes excellent mittens, 

 specially suited for handling snow in building the snow huts. Mit- 

 tens are sometimes fringed round the wrist with a strip of white 

 bearskin to keep out the wind. 



Flf4. 4*2. EaVimo wboes. 



All mittens have such short thumbs that they are very iuconvenient 

 for a white man, who habitu- 

 ally holds his thumb spread 

 away from the palm, whereas 

 the lunuit usually keep the 

 thund> apposed to the palm. 

 The wrists of the mitten also 

 are so short that considerable 

 of the wrist is often exposed. 

 The sleeves of the jacket are 

 generally fringed with wolf or 

 dog skin to protect this ex- 

 posed portion of the wrist. 



Similar mittens of black 

 sealskin are also worn by the 

 men during damp weather, or 

 when handling oV)jects which 

 would easily soil a pair of 

 furred mittens. I have never 

 seen a woman wear this kind 

 of covering for the hand. It appears to be exclusively worn by the men. 



The men who engage in the late fall seal hunting protect their hands 

 with waterproof gauntlets, wliich reach well up over the forearm. 

 These keep the hands from being wet by the spray and by the drip 



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Fin. 43. Ice-shoes, Hudson strait Eskimo. 



