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girl of four or five years at Ponds Inlet wore clothes of exactly the same style as the adult women; a five-year old boy at Ponds Inlet had four slits in the frock.

After the fifth or sixth year the dress more and more resembles that of the grown ups; the flaps lengthen, the shoulders of the girls become wider; the long hood and the side-pouches on the boots, however, are only given them when they grow up. Even on a 16 Image missingFig. 146.A summer-dressed boy. year-old boy at Repulse Bay I saw a frock that was cut square at the bottom; and a boy of eight or nine, at Repulse Bay, had a loose cap and sealskin trousers sewn together with caribou-skin boots into hose; a girl of twelve on Southampton Island wore a frock that was cut square at the bottom, of young seal skin, and a small hood; a girl of ten at the same place still wore braces; a boy of fourteen at the same place had a fully grown man's dress, but as a matter of fact he also did a grown man's work. A boy of eight at Ponds Inlet had long sealskin boots, tied to a strap sewn on to the trousers. As a rule, the women do not get long flaps until menstruation has commenced; until they have given birth to a child the back flap is often held up by a cord.

For the purpose of protecting the neck, children often have a