in her work as well as personal attire, and the kitchen and Ek's room (which she is occupying) fairly shine in comparison to their usual appearance. I should like very much for some of the writers of the part who have so magnified the unclean- liness of the eskimoes to see this woman and her work, - and in fact our whole crowd of eskimoes. No one, I believe, could deny that some of these women are pretty, and just at present "Evaloo" with her new-red flannel shirt which she has just made, and which is very much like the smart, mannish shirts our girls at home sometimes wear, - is so attractive that it would not be going too far to say that she is really beautiful; and this is not a mere fancy of mine,- a fascination, - but the consensus of the opinions of several expedition mem- bers. Several others are "sporting" new-cotton or flannel shirts made from cloth Mac has given them for sewing, all wash daily and oil, without a doubt nearer than got or 2.