Bibliography of the Fishes of the Pacific Coast of the United States to the End of 1879, Volumen 23,Número 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1882 - 73 páginas |
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Página ii - No. 23) is the twenty-ninth of a series of papers intended to illustrate the collections of natural history and ethnology belonging to the United States, and constituting the National Museum, of which the Smithsonian Institution was placed in charge by the act of Congress of August 10, 1846. It has been prepared at the request of the Institution, and printed by authority of the honorable Secretary of the Interior. The publications of the National Museum consist of two series — the Bulletins, of...
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Página 11 - Neither do two or three wives in one hut make an altogether harmonious household; but all little difficulties are generally settled by the husband, in a manner better calculated to insure reverence to masculine strength than respect for superior intelligence. The scarcity of •women at present in proportion to the men makes polygamy a luxury only to be indulged in by the wealthy. Divorce, if it can be called by that name, is very frequent among them. All that is needed is that the husband tires...
Página 53 - ... attention of the mother if she is anywhere in the vicinity. The Eskimo carefully watches the movements of the young one, and, as soon as the mother is observed, begins to haul in on the line. The old one follows nearer and nearer to the surface, till at last she crosses the hole at the proper depth, and the deadly harpoon is planted in her body, and she is quickly drawn out. If the mother has seen the hunter approaching the atluk, however, she will not even show herself. I have never known of...
Página 46 - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. — Part I. — Report on the Condition of the Sea Fisheries of the South Coast of New England in 1871 and 1872.
Página 226 - United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, under the order of Lieut. Col. WH Emory, Major First Cavalry and United States Commissioner.
Página 20 - This same practice of sinking iron flakes into the edge was also used on their large skinning-knives, which were made from a walrus tusk, and much after the pattern of an ordinary steel butcherknife. Some of these ivory knives have no iron in them ; but at the present time they are used principally, if not entirely, for cutting snow and removing ice from their kyacks. The women seldom use any other kind of knife than such as just de scribed.
Página 39 - There were every day large sleds leaving the encampment, but no one offered to help the old man, as there was no prospect of his being able to reciprocate the favor. Among their many superstitious notions, the wearing of charms about the person is one of the most curious. These are called amgoouk, or amusit) and may be nothing but pieces of bone or wood, birds' bills or claws, or an animal's teeth or skin.