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BABY BUNTINGS OF THE ESKIMO TRIBE SNUGLY WRAPPED IN THE PROVERBIAL SKINS The baby Eskimo grows up very quickly, and is given a miniature costume of his father's so soon as he can stand on his sturdy legs. His high skin-boots rarely leave his feet, for his parents pay little attention to personal cleanliness, and water is seldom if ever used in the Eskimo toilet. It is said, however, that quite tiny babies are sometimes licked clean by their mothers before being tucked up in the bag of feathers which serves as their bed |