Salt Lake Herald | 1890-09-14 | Page 5 | How Esquimaux Keep Tab

How sqaiuiuux Keep Tab When tin Esquimau baby is born n bltg of skins is fashioned for its sole usenml in itn record of its age is kept forever after Into this bag little bono is put once every year and it is considered kind of sacrilege either to take out or put in n I bone except at the proper time The year I is reckoned from the time tho person first I I BCS the sun appear upon the horizon for that luminary is not u dally visitor i in tho I land of the fro7 n north Four long month1 of continual night lighted only by the stars and moon four months of daylight without rest frOm the blinding sun two months glimmering twilight before and i two after the coming of the sun make up I theArctic year they have no register 6r notation of time nor routiliu of daily life afc we understand it They eat when they are hungry und sleep when they are sleepy St Nichol I I r t I J < i t r > jh f 1