. Abbot thinks the Paleolithic implements
discovered in New Jersey, bearing such striking resemblance to those of
Europe, are undoubtedly their work.<40> Therefore, there is no absurdity
in asserting that they once lived in Western Europe; the more so,
when we reflect that the climate, the animals--in fact, all their
surroundings--must have been similar to those of their present habitats.

When we come to examine the customs and habits of these Eskimos, we
are at once struck with their resemblance to what we have seen was the
probable state of life among the Cave-men. At Solute, for instance, we
have vast refuse heaps of bones of animals. We find similar heaps around
the rude huts of the Eskimos to-day. Captain Parry describes one as
follows: "In every direction round the huts were lying innumerable
bones of walruses and seals, together with skulls of dogs, bears, and
foxes."<41>

Other points of comparison strike us when reading Sir John Lubbock's
account of their habits and customs. For instance: "Their food, if
cooked at all, is broiled or boiled; their vessels, being of stone or
wood, can not, indeed, be put on the fires, but heated stones are thrown
in until the water becomes hot enough and the food is cooked." "Their
food consists principally of reindeer, musk-ox, walrus, seals, birds,
and salmon. They will, however, eat any kind of animal food. They are
very fond of fat and marrow, to get at which they pound the bones with
a stone." "The clothes of the Eskimos are made from the skins of the
reindeer, seals, and birds, sewn together with sinews. For needles they
use the bones of either birds or fishes." "The Eskimos have also a great
natural ability for drawing. In many cases they have made rude maps for
our officers, which have turned out to be substantially correct. Many of
their bone implements are covered with sketches."

Illustration of Eskimo Art.-----------

In this cut we have a bone drill on which are sketched reindeer, geese,
a braider or flat-bottomed boat, a tent around which various articles
of clothing are hung up to dry, a woman apparently engaged in the
preparation of food, and a hunting scene.

Now, we know that savage tribes, widely separated by time and space,
will, after all, under the pressure of common necessities, invent much
the same implements and live much the same life. But still, where every
thing seems to coincide, the climate, the animals, the mode of life
proved the same, an