NO. 10 DRAWINGS BY JOHN WEBBER BUSIINELL 5 



wore similar garments, the principal of which was " a flaxen garment, 

 or mantle, ornamented on the upper edge by a narrow strip of fvir, 

 and, at the lower edge, by fringes or tassels." It passed under the 

 left arm and was fastened over the right shoulder. " Over this, which 

 reaches below the knees, is worn a small cloak of the same substance, 

 likewise fringed at the lower part. In shape this resembles a round 

 dish cover, being quite close, except in the middle, where there is a 

 hole just large enough to admit the head ; and then, resting upon the 

 shoulders : it cover the arms to the elbows, and the body as far as 

 the waist. Their head is covered with a cap, of the figure of a trun- 

 cated cone, or like a flower-pot, made of fine matting, having the 

 top frequently ornamented with a round pointed knob, or bunch of 

 leathern tassels, and there is a string that passes under the chin, to 

 prevent its blowing ofif." Elsewhere Cook wrote : " We have some- 

 times seen the whole process of their whale-fishery painted on the 

 caps they wear." Garments, similar to those just described, are repre- 

 sented in the two drawings re])roduced in ]ilate 4 and plate 5. " The 

 flaxen garments," mentioned above, were made " of the bark of a 

 pine-tree, beaten into a hempen state." The account continues : "It 

 is not spun, but, after being properly prepared, is spread upon a stick, 

 which is fastened across to two others that stand upright. It is dis- 

 posed in such a manner, that the manufacturer, who sits on her hams 

 at this simple machine, knots it across with small plaited threads, at 

 the distance of half an inch from each other. Though, by this method, 

 it is not so close or firm as cloth that is woven, the bunches between 

 the knots make it sufficientlv impervious to the air, by filling the 

 interstices ; and it has the additional advantage of being softer and 

 more pliable." A frame of this sort is shown at the extreme right in 

 plate 2. Similar garments were made of wool, which " seems to be 

 taken from dififerent animals, as the fox and brown lynx." 



A curious custom prevailed among the men for on certain occasions, 

 so wrote Cook, the face " is variously painted, having its upper and 

 lower parts of dififerent colors, the strokes appearing like fresh gashes ; 

 or it is besmeared with a kind of tallow, mixed with paint, which is 

 afterward formed into a great variety of regular figures, and appear 

 like carved work." This is shown in plate 4. " Sometimes, again, the 

 hair is separated into small parcels, which are tied at intervals of about 

 two inches, to the end, with thread." 



The drawing reproduced as plate i is a beautiful e.xamjile of the 

 artist's work — a man of Nootka, with the characteristic cap and 

 wearing a heavy skin over his left shoulder, armed with l)ow and 



