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at the present day. Fig. 41 is reproduced from a drawing due 

 to the collaboration of Arnaruniark and her husband Samik. 

 Arnaruniark first drew a fully loaded sledge, with 6 dogs har- 

 nessed to it, meaning that it was her husband who was return- 

 ing home from a successful hunt. Then Samik himself drew 

 a "tornarssuk" in between the traces of the dogs, meaning in 

 jest that it was harnessed to the heavy sledge. Samik himself 

 is seen standing with the whip in his outstretched right hand 

 ready to strike at the "tornarssuk", but Arnaruniark standing 



Fig. 41. 



The "tornarssuk" fastened to the sledge (drawn by Samik). 



behind with the child in the amaut takes hold of his arm to 

 keep him back. After obtaining this explanation from Samik I 

 asked him, if he had seen a "tornarssuk". He replied no, he 

 had never seen him, but he had often heard him among the 

 fells. 



It may be remarked expressly, that both this and the other 

 figures reproduced, with hardly any exception, were not drawn 

 by request; the subjects were chosen quite freely by the Polar 

 Eskimos. After 1 had got one person to make a drawing, 

 there were many willing to do so, and I only required to give 



