They in no instance omitted this strange practice, however small the article; the needles even passed individually through the ceremony.

The women brought imitations of men, women, animals, and birds, carved with labour and ingenuity out of sea-horse teeth.

The dresses and the figures of the animals, were not badly executed, but there was no attempt at the delineation of the countenances; and most of the figures were without eyes, ears, and fingers, the execution of which would, perhaps, have required more delicate instruments than they possess.

The men set most value on saws; _kuttee-swa-bak_, the name by which they distinguish them, was a constant cry.

Knives were held next in estimation.