one-and-indivisible

Updated: May 1, 2025

This hole they fill up with their bodies. If the canoe capsizes, the Eskimo cannot fall out, but bobs up immediately. He and the canoe are really "one-and-indivisible" when he is navigating the seas and lakes, plying deftly a large paddle. In regard to food they were certainly not particular or squeamish.

Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston - Pioneers in Canada