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birds ; and they occasionally wind a string of the 

 teeth, horns and claws of different animals, around 

 their head or neck. They all rub greese upoti 

 their hair, which gives it a smooth and glossy 

 appearance. 



It belongs to the women to make up the arti- 

 cles of clothing. In sewing leather, instead of 

 thread, they make use of the sinews of animals. 

 When this substance is some moistened, they sep- 

 arate a fibre, and by running their finger along 

 between it and the main sinew, they part it to a 

 sufficient length. The sinews of the cariboo may 

 be made as fine and even, as fine thread. These 

 fibres, when thus separated, they twist at one 

 end between their fingers, which, gives them a 

 sharp stiff point, when they are dry. They 

 use awls, which they obtain from us, or an instru- 

 ment of bone which tfyey construct themselves, 

 in sewing. The men paint their faces and orna- 

 ment their persons, with no less care than the wo- 

 men; and the married women, while they neglect 

 not their own persons, are still more attentive to 

 the appearance of their husbands. The young 

 women often make some ornamental articles, 

 particularly garters, neatly worked with porcu- 

 pine quills and present them to their favourites ; 

 and the standing of a young male Carrier among 



