erican, OcTOBER 6, 1900. 216 age them with wonderful skill. The bidarka differs velopment of these people. Above the hips they are ALEUTS OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA. powerful and stalwart; below, misshaped and, dispro- The aborigines of the Alaska peninsula were once portioned. the most numerous of… … will not mature. The rainfall is enormous. It may be mentioned that in 1899 the Alaska catch of codfish aggregated 1,302,000, averaging a rate of two tons to has but one hatch, and the occupant uses a single- were acknowledged, by the early discdverers, to be the thousand, or 2,600 tons in all.…
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