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hesitatingly shared his food with less fortunate comrades^ partly 
because such had been the custom of his father and grandfather, 
partly because he knew that the day would come when he himself 
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Copj)er Eskimo woman and child. (Phoio hy J . R. Cox.) 
would be in need. In summer the families, scattered at different 
fishing and hunting grounds, were too busy gathering and storing 
away food for the months of early winter to give much thought to 
other pursuits. They had more leisure in winter, when they re- 
