186 EXPLORATIONS IN THE FAR NORTH 



ner and softer than that made from mooseskin. The hair is 

 usually removed from deerskin with a sharp knife after which 

 the flat scraper is used. It is then soaked in brain water and 

 hung out to freeze; when it softens a little it is taken in by the 

 fire and pulled. An iron hoop, in which teeth have been cut, 

 is hung on the wall by a line; the skin is then drawn back and 

 forth through the hoop and is occasionally warmed before the 

 fire during the process. If it is to be finished as white leather 

 it is hung out of doors until bleached to a snowy whiteness. It 

 is then smoothed with a piece of porous bone until it is soft 

 and velvety. 



