Show i i I I I I ESKIMO TABOOS To Illustrate one ono of the tho phases of the native religion lon of ot the Eskimos we wo ma may consider the ouest Ion of or food taboos taboo In Iii Inthe the lie mountains of Alan Alaska tR a. a on the upper rh rivers rs and an on the tho headwaters of the Ih prohibition which on- on plied piled to till tho or of tho the flesh of oC the tile mountain nhon l Ti alone were as a's extensive as the entire dietary section of ot tho the Mosaic JaW law A voun- voun oun girl Irl for Instance cat only certain rI rib ribs l and ami when she wat wata af afa a hula older sIte night might eat cat certain other oilier ribs ribs' hut hilt when h she hp was WM full grown she would for tor a time ha c to from f the rib which hind had b been en all allowed 0 1 to tier her un m in to tn then After I H If woman had hud hail her first she eat cat certain other oilier ribs after l b r second child still HII others anil only bovine th five children chil hll dren might she ent nl J Mm tit ribs but even then she bo mu must t not lot it Ct t the membranes membrane on the th Inside of the th rne ribs It If hc her child chilli wan wais sick nick she must not noi eat fOat certain ribs and anti If It two of oC her children were sick she not eAt ent certain other rib ribs If It her brothers brother's broth broth- ers erR child was as sick she might not eat cclain cetin certain ce- ce tin lain portions and If her brothers brother wife Ird died there w were re still different lion The taboos to tho the rl rIbs A of oC sheep land relation to the tho health of or h her r It t Children anti of ot her rel relatives tl Thc Thet also alro depended upon wh animal l her relatIves relative or JH herself borscht nel had killed rec recently nth an 1 on whether those animals animal mal mail or r f fe fe male V. V V. en In harpers harper's Magny Magn- Magn 1 y 7 n for 0 |