The leather is stretched over a framework constructed from driftwood or whales' bones.

There is a hole in the middle for the man or woman to insert their legs.

This hole they fill up with their bodies.

If the canoe capsizes, the Eskimo cannot fall out, but bobs up immediately.

He and the canoe are really "one-and-indivisible" when he is navigating the seas and lakes, plying deftly a large paddle.
In regard to food they were certainly not particular or squeamish.
They loved best of all whales' blubber, or to drink the fishy-tasting oil from bodies of whales, seals, or walruses.