Excerpt from Hunters and Fishers, or Sketches of Primitive Races in the Lands Beyond the Sea
Desolate aspect of Polar countries - Resources - Resemblance in the inhabitants of Polar countries - Winter huts of the Esquimaux - Summer dwellings - Huts on the shores of Bafin' 8 Bay Interior Canoes Clothing Ornament Enormous appetites - Food - Ingenuity and industry Sledges - State of society - Notions of property - Kam schatka - Picturesque appearance - Native inhabitants - Mode of lit'e - Tchuktchi - Hardships - Northern Siberia.
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