Further along were two women putting fish upon poles for drying, and a third was engaged in skinning a large salmon.

The women did not look up from their work, and were not inclined to amiability.

They had Mongol features, complexion, eyes, and hair, the latter thick and black.

Some of the men wear it plaited into queues, and others let it grow pretty much at will.

Each woman I saw had it braided in two queues, which hung over her shoulders.