[268]. See Contrib., etc., vol. 1, p. 89, and the two copper figures on the plate opposite.
[269]. Vega, vol. 2, p. 233.
[270]. There is in the collection a bunch of five of these shells (No. 89530 [1357], which are scarce and highly valued as ornaments. Mr. R. E. C. Stearns, of the U. S. National Museum, has identified the species as Dentalium Indianorum Cpr. (probably = D. pretiosum, Sby.), called “alĭkotci´k” by the Indians of northwest California, and “hiqua” (J. K. Lord) or “hya-qua” (F. Whymper) by the Indians round Queen Charlotte Sound.
[271]. Voyage, p. 295.
[272]. 2nd Voyage, p. 194, Fig. 12, Pl. opp. p. 548.
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Footnote 12: Op. cit., p. 264.
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The retrieving harpoon; an undescribed type of Eskimo weapon.
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