880 The Northernmost Inhabitants of the Earth. 
We need not be surprised to find that the sense of beauty is 
less developed among the Itanese than among more highly 
favored southern Eskimo tribes. Wherever the existence of mn 
is hampered by a severe struggle for his physical welfare; wher 
ever the energy of the individual as well as that of the commu- 
nity must solely be directed towards the satisfaction of bodily 
wants there remains but little time to enjoy beauty of form orto 
create such. ue 
In spite of all this we find varying ornamentation of the dot 
ing and utilization of differently colored skins and furs which 
might even satisfy a taste educated in art. oS 
During the winter several of the hunters carved in our preseace 
animals and human figures which were exceedingly characteris 
With very slight means they succeeded in representing the typ- 
eal physiognomy of the Inuit as well as to express that of i 
white man. Many of their animal forms were unmistakable. y : 
In spite of all this the talent of the Greenland Eskimo fo 
plastic representation is less developed than that of the weet 
tribes. More particularly among the tribes of Bering am 
are excellent carvers in ivory whose productions, in some © 
stances however, clearly show the influence of the neighboring 
Indians. To investigate the degree to which one p : 
ple may in this respect be influenced by another would 
of no little interest. ` numerous 
The National Museum of the United States contains na many 
carvings of these north-western Indian tribes. Among Pex 
specimens which may be considered as barbaric, are a 1 
ciently good to claim our attention. Whoever has me 
to observe the expressive countenances of the wooden st po 
No. 713 and 714, representing Indian figures, would certainly pa 
be tempted to consider the “ browsing reindeer ” an ex'S° | | 
production. in 
An ivory torso exhumed by Dr. Hayes from an old T a i 
the vicinity of Ita, is the subject of the appended illust not do fill. 
is a matter of regret that the annexed wood-cut aN ows 
credit to the subject. The original, as seen from a detail; 1 
a very pretty side view, the back is totally devoid extremiti® 
the vicinity of the hips, however, and in the komer i a 
the anatomical form has been well reproduced. Fig. p wing 
After I had myself made a series of experiments A 
