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4. THE SADDLEBACK SEAL. — 5. THE WALRUS. — 6. THE GREEIN- 

 LAND WHALE. — 7. THE WHITE WHALE. — 8. THE NARWHAL. — 

 9. THE SWORDFISH. — 10. THE POLAR BEAR.— 11. BLUBBER.— 

 12. WALRUS- AND NARWHAL-TEETH (IVORY). — 13. WHALEBONE. — 

 14. MATAK OR EATABLE SKIN OF THE CETACEANS. — 15. THE 

 SEAL'S BREATHING HOLE IN THE ICE. — 16. A SEAL LYING ON 

 THE ICE. 



As to details it may be noted, that the saddleback seal has 

 a peculiar name in Greenland , unknown in the other dialects 

 excepting the angakok (magician's) language In Baffin's land. 

 IJut from Labrador, the extreme southeast, to Point Barrow in 

 the extreme north-west the name of this animal is the same. 

 In the latter locality however the same animal, so common in 

 Greenland, is said to be rather scarce. In a few instances the 

 names of seals in the same vocabulary are exchanged, probably 

 by mistake. Finally our list does not comprise two, or perhaps 

 three seals only mentioned as occurring in Alaska; one of them 

 is called \laklak , but it is doubtful , whether this be the name 

 of a peculiar species or signifies merely a large seal. Further- 

 more an apparently гг^ге seal called abba is omitted, although 

 occurring under this name both east and west of Cape Bathurst; 

 and the well known Hooded seal of southern Greenland is not 

 mentioned in the western vocabularies. The same is the case 

 with several species of whales , well known to the natives of 

 Greenland, though of but little value to them, excepting the 

 finwhale. While in this way we still possess but imperfect 

 knowledge about the occurrence of some species, it is evident 

 on the other hand, that in the first named series of species, 

 known to the tribes of all the chief groups, are comprised all 

 the principal marine animals that have served to support the 

 Eskimo in their struggle for existence during their life in the 

 arctic regions. It will be sufficient here to point out the im- 

 mense quantities of meat and fat furnished by the Greenland 

 whale, the white whale and narwhal, the more regular and 



