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are sewed edge to edge with the exterior of the intestine to form the 

 outside of the garment. The edge is turned down, so as to leave a width 

 of a third of an inch, and turned to the right; the other strip is simi 

 larly folded, but turned to the left and laid on the other strip. Sinew 

 from the back of a reindeer or from a seal is made into threads a yard 

 or more in length and of the thickness of medium-sized wrapping 

 cord. The needle is usually of a number 3 or 4 in size or of less diame- 

 ter than the thread in order that the thread shall the more eftectually 

 fill u)) the hole made by the needle. The two .strips are then sewed 

 with stitches about nine to the inch, through and through, in a man- 



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ner, I believe, termed running stitclies. When a sufticient length is 

 obtained a tliird strip is added, and so on until the re(]aired number of 

 perpendicular strips form a sufticient width to surround the body. The 

 outer edges are then joined and the body of the garment is complete. 

 Portions are cut out aud the hood assumes the desired shape, resem- 

 bling a nightcap attached to the body ofanightgowu. The sleeves are 

 sewed in a similar manner and aflixed to the body of the garment. The 

 seams run perpendicularly and not around the body in a spiral manner 

 as in garments made by the natives of Alaska for similar purposes. 

 The edge of the hood, the wrists, aud the bottom of the garment are 



