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top 48, at the leg bottoms 22 cm; length down the sides 65 cm. Fig. 125 shows their cut. A pair of similar trousers from Chesterfield Inlet seem, from their size, to have been made for a European; width at the top 46, at the bottom of each leg 28, length 82 cm; at the Image missingFig. 122.Sealskin frock. bottoms is a wide, light edging; on two places on the legs there are narrow, dark, cross stripes; on the thighs and at the back vertical, alternate dark and light stripes, three in front, one behind.

On fig. 126 (Iglulingmiut) will be seen a sealskin boot boot (sing. kamik). They consist of yellowish, unhaired skin; the leg is in one piece, although in front there is a vertical, narrow stripe of black sealskin. The upper runs up into this with a point. Between upper and sole (of light bearded-seal skin) is a strip of black sealskin. At the top a running cord. Height of leg 42 cm; the foot is 27 cm long, 16 cm wide; width of leg at the top 20, at the bottom 17 cm. There are eyes for the lace at the joint between sole, upper and leg.

A pair of sealskin boots from Ponds Inlet are likewise of yellow skin, but have a black sole; they each consist of three pieces of skin: leg, upper and sole; the lace is a thin sealskin thong; at the top is a running cord of sinew thread. Another pair of boots from Ponds Inlet has legs and uppers of brown sealskin (water-tight skin), soles of black, bearded-seal skin, and laces of seal-thong.

From the Iglulingmiut we have a pair of wading boots, long boots of black sealskin, a little longer in front than behind;