They Would Rather Stoop Than Not.
There are ::o tables in tho Lousea of tho Eskimo, r.ntl tho \vom;n it re therefore iv th h:'.biD of i/;.icii! l ','t.-\vryihi.'>£c on the floor. Thin «:iw-m them to do fo much stooping t 1 ..;:! tlx-y svoald r.ithor stoop than not, as to whic'a !Jr. Nnnsen, the Grtieni<ind explorer, uclls an ?Mturt'3t!iifjnnecf!ote. A Danish lady had eiiiploytxl several Eskimo womeu to do some wiiahiufr. Entering the washhci:.se, sh'J' paw them nil bending over the wnshtubs that stood on the floor. To make them more comfortable she had some stools fetched and placed the tuba upon them. By and by she looked in to see how they were getting on, and to her astonishment discovered tho women standing ' on the stools and stooping still more laboriously, over the tubs, which atill remained on th« floor.
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Manawatu Herald, 4 June 1896, Page 4
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141They Would Rather Stoop Than Not. Manawatu Herald, 4 June 1896, Page 4
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