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The old are much wrinkled, and they frequently suffer from watery 
eyes, with large sacks under them, which begin to form at a compara- 
tively early age. There is considerable variation in features, as well as 
complexion, among them, even in cases where there seems to be no sus- 
picion of mixed blood. There were several men among them with de- 
cided aquiline noses and something of a Hebrew cast of countenance. 
Fic. 4.—Puka, a young man of Utkiaywit. 
The eyes are of various shades of dark brown—two pairs of light hazel 
eyes were observed—and are often handsome. The hair is black, per- 
fectly straight, and very thick. With the men it is generally coarser 
than with the women, who sometimes have very long and silky hair, 
though it generally does not reach much below the shoulders. The eye- 
brows are thin and the beard scanty, growing mostly upon the upper 
lip and chin, and seldom appearing under the age of 20. In this they 
resemble most Eskimo. Back,! however, speaks of the “luxuriant 
1 Journey, etc., p. 289. 
