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berries from the main, which, with salmon, appear to constitute their chief food.
Although many seal-skins were noticed, I did not observe this or animal food amongst them. Deer is said to abound, but on asking for it, they pointed to and named Sitka (in Norfolk Sound) and Nootka. Their implements of chase are far inferior to those in use amongst the Esquimaux or Aleutians.
WOMAN WITH MOUTH-PIECE.
The men are wretchedly clothed, in mats woven with the inner bark of the cypress, which is tough, flexible, and very soft. The women are very similar to the Esquimaux, differing however in the mouth-ornament, which is here worn in an aperture under
