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often seen standing about outside the door of their tent without a thread of clothing upon them. From the form of the womens clothing it is necessary for them when answering the calls of nature to strip down their sole garment below the hips. They net seal by toggling their nets [[symbol]] under the ice as follows

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[[caption]] air hole [[/caption]]
the net about 18 square ft is fastened under ice & barring
passage to the breathing hold so that the seal on rising is Entangled & then the net is Slacked at corners & hauled up with seal through air hole -. When they reached shore on Kolinchin Is - the natives helped them set their tent - unpack their things from the sleds &c, and the Chief
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invited them in to drink tea serving it up in cups & saucers (of Russian make the tea & service being from the Russian fair helt annually to the SW. of here) The wives of Chief waited upon the table (a box) with their right shoulders bare They found [[strikethrough]] W [[/strikethrough]] this Island to be 1200 ft. high by Barometer (Aneriod) The natives nearly pulled their tent down so Eager were they to see the strangers. The natives live on Kolintchin Is - in winter & spring & on the Mainland just across in Summer- All along the shore drift wood was abundant Their dogs damaged the cheifs boat at one village & he was angry but a small present of Hard Bread & Tobacco pleased him so much that he gave them two deerskins Toard Cape Serdze The drift
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