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 140 PJItVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL '. n.--51. nd, three or fou splinters, ofsoquartz, stock on in a row with gum, thus forming a sort ofjaed instrument, of which the following is  .mpresention: h is thus used: aRe they have put widin their teeth a sufficient mouthfid of seal's flesh, the remainder is held in their left hand, xl, with the "taal" in the other, they saw through, separate the flesh '. Every native carries or more of these knives in his belt besides the hammer, which is also an indispensable instru- ment with them. We did not perceive that th.ese people ac-. knowledffed ny chief or superior emong them the two parties that collected daily on the o.p-, posite sides of the harbour, evidently belonged to the same tribe, for they occasionally mixed with each other. Their habitations were pro. bably sc,ttered about in different tuls, for when these "taap," are used, by referran K to Captain Lyon's drawing of the Esquimaux aleriKes, at p. BOO, of Parry's Second �6yage: the mtves of King Oeore's.8ounS, however, hold tho knife ude Imnded, aml cut upwards. o,g,,,ed by Goodie
 * A very good idea my be obtained of the manner in welch

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