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a very tolerable form. I myfelf examined 
fome of thefe needles, and could find 
fault with nothing except the eye, which 
being made in the manner abovemen- 
tioned, was fo rough that it often cut the 
thread drawn through it ; an imper- 
fection they could not poffibly remedy, 
for want of better tools. 
Sciflars, to cut out the flans, were 
what they next had occafion for ; but 
having none, their place they fupplied 
with their knife : and though there was 
neither taylor nor fhoemaker amongft 
them, yet they contrived to cut out their 
leather and furs well enough for their 
purpofe. The finews of the bears and 
the raindeer, which, as I mentioned be- 
fore, they had found means to fplit, ferved 
them for thread; and thus provided with 
the necefTary implements, they proceeded 
to make their new cloaths. 
Their fummer drefs coniiAed of a kind 
of jacket and trowfers, made of fkins 
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