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stripes along the nether edge of the frock; sitterseeta interval between 

 them; aaia ist (the frock's) sleeve; 



(8) qarterpaat, qartippaat, outer breeches; malersaa skin brim or 

 tuck along their upper edge (containing a string for lacing); iliV"aa 

 the front part; cilataak 'outer parts,' loin parts; napaaia the hind 

 part; (9) serqïwilisaa fur border around the upper part of the stock- 

 ing (which protrudes from the top of the boot-leg); 



Fig. 291. Men's short breeches (natit). (Holm coll.). Vo 



{10) kamme, kamippaat see men's costumes (8); iaaria or eearnera 

 the seam which attaches the sole to the quarter; aliter^"nera seam 

 between sole and quarter; puttaa^taa the bulky part along the in- 

 step; kuttararna the Y-shaped pattern on the upper part of the front 

 of the boot; ciijoraa or neewa front seam or skin stripe sewn along 

 the shin-bone of the boot (the nether shank of the Y); (11) qaariia 

 her head-kerchief. 



Home dress. — In Greenland as everywhere among the Eskimo 

 it is the custom of the natives to take off the frocks, outer breeches 

 and boots inside the house or tent, when they sit up on the plat- 



