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few days after my arrival, and while a woman and lier child were 

 looking in at the window I brought out one of these dolls, for the 

 fii'st time, and, unseen, dressed it in a towel, and slowly brought it 

 towai'ds the window. At first sight of it the woman's eyes opened 

 very widely as she stood wondering, but when I suddenly nude it 

 squeak she did not wonder any more, but turned and fled. 



Besides the means commonly employed in the chase by the Eskimo 

 in all parts of the Arctic Regions there are doubtless others only 

 known or practised by those living in certain localities. At Cape 

 Prince of Wales the seals were seldom cajjtured at their holes in the 

 ice, but invariably along wide cracks, or in the wat -r beyond the ice 

 wliere one man might be often seen scraping with liis spear and 

 whistling in a low note while his companion lay at the edga of tin- 

 ice, and if there wei'e an}^ seals within hearing distance they were 

 always attracted to the spot, when rising quickly the Eskimo would 

 throw liis spear with line attached and if quick enough would seldom 

 miss. The seal, liowever, is very active and often escapes by diving 

 before the harpoon i-eaches it 



The gun, with which many are supj)lied, has almost taken the 

 place of the bow and arrow, nevertheless they are still used by a few 

 in deei- hunting, and while one takes up a position behind some stones 

 in one of tlie narrow j^asses of the hills others drive the deer towards 

 him. By this means a very close shot is obtained and I was informe<l 

 tliat often half the length of the arrow is buried in the deer's side. 



Tlie fish spear used in Gi'eenland is also found here though seldom 

 iise-d, the most common implement employed being a long handle 

 with an ordinary knife firmly tied near one end making a fork, one 

 prong of which is the end of the rod, tlie other the blade of the 

 knife its sharpened edge turned inward. With this ugly weapon the 

 salmon are speared or, more pi-operly speaking, are slashed and are 

 often found neai'ly cut in halves. 



The net is also u.sed here in catching fish in the smaller streanis, 

 though the most common mode of trapping is by building walls of 

 stones sliaped like a bag about six inches above the surface, and then 

 with sticks and stones spla.shing the water highei- up the stream and 

 driving the fish into the trap. 



