are worn with the hairy fide outward. Some alfo have thefe
frocks made o f the Ikins o f fowls, w ith only the down remaining
on them, w hich they g lu e on other fubftances.
And we faw one or two woollen garments lik e thofe o f
Nootka. At the feams, where the different ikins are fewed
together, they are commonly ornamented w ith tafiels or
fridges o f narrow thongs, cu t out o f the fame ikins. A few
have a kind o f cape, or c o lla r ; and fome a hood ; hut the
other is the moil common form, and feems to be their
whole drefs in good weather. When it rains, they put over
this another frock, in gen iouily made from the inteftines o f
whales, or fome other large animal, prepared fo ik ilfu lly , as
almoft to refemble our gold beaters leaf. It is made to draw
tigh t round the n eck ; its ileeves reach as low as the w n ft,
round w hich they are tied w ith a fir in g ; and its fkirts,
when they are in their canoes, are drawn over the rim o f
the hole in w hich they f i t ; fo that no water can enter. At
the fame time, it keeps the men entirely dry upward.. For
no water can penetrate throu gh if, any more than through
a bladder. It muft be kept continually moift or w e t ; other-
w ife it is apt to crack or break. This, as w e ll as the common
fro ck made o f the ikins, bears a great refemblance to
the drefs o f the Greenlanders, as defcribed by Crantz*.
In general, they do not cover their legs, or f e e t ; but a
few have a k in d o f ikin ftockings, w h ich reach ha lf-wa y
* Crantz’s Hiftory o f Greenland, V o l.'i .’ p. 136— 138. T h e reader will find in
Crantz many very finking inftances, in which the Greenlanders, and Americans o f
Prince William’ s .Sound, refemble each other, befides thofe mentioned in this Chapter
b y Captain Cook. T h e drefs of the people o f Prince William’ s Sound, as defcribed
b y Captain .Cook, alfo agrees with that o f the inhabitants o f Schumagin’ s Iflands, dif-
covered by Beering in 17 4 1 . Muller’ s words are, “ Leur habillement etoit de
xt boyaux de baleines pour le haut du corps, et de peaux de chiens-marins pour !e bas, .
J)kiuvertes des Ruffis, p. 274.
up the th ig h ; and fcarcely any o f them are without mittens 1778.
fo r the hands, made o f the ikins o f bears paws. Thofe ■ M*r' ■
w h o wear any thing on their heads, refembled, in this re-
fpe ft, our friends at Nootka ; h a vin g h ig h truncated conic
caps, made o f ftraw, and fometimes o f wood, refembling a
fea l’s head w e ll painted.
T h e men commonly wea r the hair cropt round the n eck *
• and forehead; but the women allow it to grow lo n g ; and moil
o f them tie a fmall lo ck o f it on the c row n ; or a few Club it
behind, after our manner. Both fexes have the ears perforated
with feveral holes, about the outer and lower part o f
the edge, in which they han g little bunches o f beads, made
o f the fame tubulofe ih e lly fubftance ufed for this purpofe
b y thofe o f Nootka. T he fepturn o f the nofe is alfo perfora
ted; through w hich they frequently thruft the quill-fea-
thers o f fmall birds, or little bending ornaments, made o f
the above ih e lly fubftance, fin in g on a ftiff firin g or cord,
three or four inches long, w hich give them a tru ly gro-
tefqiie appearance. But the moil uncommon and unfightly
ornamental faihion, adopted by fome o f both fexes, is their
h a vin g the under-lip flit, or cut, quite through, in the di-
re ition o f the mouth, a little below the fw e llin g part. This
incifion, w hich is made even in the fu ck in g children, is
often above two inches lo n g ; and either by its natural re-
tradlion, when the wound is freih, or by the repetition o f
fome artificial management, aflumes the true fliape o f lips,
and becomes fo large as to admit the tongue through; T h is
happened to be the cafe, when the firft perfon ha vin g this
incifion was feen by one o f the feamen, who called out, that
the man had two mouths ; and, indeed, it does not look unlik
e it. In this artificial mouth they flack, a flat, narrow ornament,
made chiefly out o f a folid fhell or bone, cut into
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