We now come to 

 what has been, from 

 time immemorial, as 

 great an object of at- 

 tention amongst bar- 

 barians, as amongst 

 the more civilized in- 

 habitants of tlii.s sub- 

 lunary world — we 

 allude to the article 

 of dress. Let not 

 the unsophisticated 

 reader delude himself 

 into the belief, that 

 the fopperies of dan- 

 dyism are confined to 

 the regions west of 



Temple Bar. The snow hut of the Esquimaux contains 

 as many evidences of the desire for outward show, as 

 the gayest saloon in IMay Fair. Nor is this confined 

 solely to the fairer sex. Hemmed in by glittering ice- 

 bergs, suri'ounded by mountains, upon whose summits 

 I winter sits throned in perpetual snow, 

 diademed with icicles, tlie ]'.squimaux is 

 .still to be seen wending his way in u gnv- 

 ment which, for the singuUirity nnd oddity 

 of its appearnnce, Stultz might throw down 

 his shears in absolute vexation, nt not being 

 J able to equal. But it is not to the coat 

 i alone we should confine our attention; 

 Ihere is a boot, worthy of Hoby, that Ijos 

 II been fashioned from deer-skin, and orna- 



ented with a leathern fringe, to gratify the vanity of 



le wearer. Both erince a peculiar aptitude to display 

 he articles of dress to the greatest advantage. 



In the second case we find similar articles of Esquimaux 

 pparel, of which the annexed illustrations vi ill have 

 ;iven an idea, and a landing-whalebone net, brought from 

 Cotzebue Sound; a pair of boots belonging to a female, 

 rem Cape Thompson ; a dart -thrower from Point BaiTow,; 

 nd, in particular, a richly-carved paddle, from the Island 

 f Tahiti ; or, as it has been more improjierly, though 



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