WHAT THE ESKIMO PLAY WITH.
In the matter of amusements the Eskimo are not badly off. They have a form of cup and ball, the ball being a block of ivory, with boles at different angles, into one of which the players strive to insert an ivory peg as the block fails, the position of the hole determining the value of the stroke. Another game closely resembles dominoes, and contains pieces running as high as " double thirties," but the sequences are not regularly carried out, the breaks in them seeming to be without system. When they cau borrow or purchase a pack of cards, the natives will play with considerable skill; and they also enjoy draughts, having learned these games from the whalers. They have a game exactly like solitaire, with the exception that ivory pegs take the place of glass balls. The special amusement of the Eskimo women is a species of "cat cradle," which has been brought to such perfection that they are able to develop from twenty to thirty different figures in it.— Chums.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9843, 28 September 1897, Page 6
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