THEIR RECEPTION". 
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much kindness, giving them water to drink,* rubbing 
their feet, drying their moccasins, and the like. The 
women, who did this with something of the good-wife’s 
air of prerogative, seemed to have toned down much of 
PORTRAIT OF OOTUNIAH. 
the rudeness which characterized the bachelor settle¬ 
ment at Anoatok. The lamps were cheerful and smoke¬ 
less, and the huts much less filthy. Each had its two 
lamp-fires constantly burning, with a framework of 
bone hooks and walrus-line above them for drying the 
wet clothes of the household. Except a few dog-skins, 
