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fragments that surrounded them, that at first sight it 
was hard to distinguish one from the other. Walrus 
bones lay about in all directions, showing that this 
animal had furnished the staple of subsistence. There 
were some remains too of the fox and the narwhal; 
but I found no signs of the seal or reindeer. 
ESQUIMAUX RUINED H UTS-LI FE-BOA T COVE. 
These Esquimaux have no mother earth to receive 
their dead; but they seat them as in the attitude of 
repose, the knees drawn close to the body, and enclose 
them in a sack of skins. The implements of the living 
man are then grouped around him; they are covered 
with a rude dome of stones, and a cairn is piled above. 
This simple cenotaph will remain intact for generation 
after generation. The Esquimaux never disturb a 
grave. 
From one of the graves I took several perforated 
