CHAPTER VII.

The land of the Eskimos--Range of the so-called Arctic Highlanders--Danish settlements in Greenland--Upernavik described--Jacobshav’n--Godhav’n--Their Eskimo inhabitants--The Moravian Missions--Characteristics of the nomadic Eskimos--Their physical qualities--Their mode of dress--An Eskimo hut--The Eskimo kayak, or canoe--Their weapons and implements--Hostility between the Eskimos and Red Indians--Eskimo settlement at Anatoak--Eskimo singing--Food of the Eskimos--Dr. Hayes’ intercourse with the Eskimos--The story of Hans the Hunter--The Eskimo dogs--Anecdote of Toodla--The Eskimo sledge--Equipment of the sledge--Equipment of an Eskimo hunter--General character of the Eskimos 175–196