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Eskimo Notes
May 30 of the flesh, as did several of the women also. There were several of the younger villagers about who were rather dressed up in fur parkas and seemed to be as much the sight-seers as we statesiders were, for several carried and used their cameras. The man who work at the base share in the whale through others of their family. After an hour or so the men began to stir, and to cut out and drag away the 8" thick slabs of blubber, preparing to transport it to the village. We left at this time. To return to the beginning, we parked the weasel at the U.S. Weather Bureau Station, for Gene Harder to keep an eye on, and walked down through the backyards of the villagers to the beach. I might describe the village a little. The houses are all frame structures, with the general aspect of a rugged coast-fishing village all about. The houses are spread out quite a bit, some close to others and a few ways that act as streets, generally faced by front doors, but some by back doors. But to depart from the romantic view the town