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SHULLANINA, TULLUAHIU, AND TIRIKSHIU. 



TuLLUAHiu, his wife Tirikshiu, and his daughter Shullanina, 

 being the most remarkable family we met with ; a plate of them 

 has been given in the book, and their names are so often introduced 

 that little of their history remains to be told. The former, whose 

 name signifies a young raven, was about forty years of age, he 

 measured five feet eight inches, and was rather more corpulent than 

 the rest, probably from being unable to take exercise; his features 

 and costume are well represented, as also those of his wife and 

 daughter. When we approached them on the first day of com- 

 munication, Tulluahiu was stationed in the middle of the column, 

 standing on one leg, and supported between Ikmallik and another, 

 and was armed with a long knife, which he kept behind his back 

 until peace was established. He was one of the first we had on 

 board, and was remarkable for imitating every thing he saw done. 

 It has been already mentioned that the wooden leg which we gave 

 him was the means of establishing friendship between us, and he 

 was always grateful for that signal service which we rendered to 

 him. He was never detected stealing, but his wife was not so 

 honest, and when she did succeed in carrying any thing away, her 

 husband always made her bring it back. In the plate she is 

 represented concealing a piece of wood, in which she was detected. 

 She was sister to Ikniallik, and being five feet five inches and 



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