May-September 1881, Cruise of the Corwin Sketches and Notes Image 27

• Main Author: Muir, John
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholarly Commons 1881
• Subjects: John Muir; journals; drawings; writings; travel; journaling; naturalist; Parka; eskimo*
• Online Access: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/1767; https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/2766/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg

ratio with the adults. When a child is to be nursed the mother merely pulls out one of her arms from the roomy sleeve of her parka and pushes it down until the breast is exposed. The breasts are pendulous and cylindrical, like those of the Thlinkets [Tlingits]. The dishes used in domestic affairs ar...