772 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



cunistance, because they are often, from various supposed or accidental 

 similarities in customs and manners, coupled with the Eskimo, a people 

 with whom the kayak and umiak are the chief methods of transportation. 



The illustrations represent ordinary pursuits, and appear to be made 

 upon paper by means of a pencil. The peculiarities of drawing are 

 very much of the same character as the Eskimo sketches obtained by 

 Doctor Kink in Greenland. One example will suffice. Plate 10 repre 

 sents Samoyeds killing walrus. The black dots on the right are heads 

 of seals, at which a man, lying flat upon the ice, appears to be shooting. 

 The hunter appears as if placed in the air, though in reality the view 

 seems to be from above as a bird s-eye view the ligure of the man 

 corresponding, in this particular, to like portrayals in several Eskimo 

 engravings on ivory, from Alaska. 



Captain Parry mentions having charts made by the natives of Winter 

 Island. A first attempt made &quot; was by placing several sheets of paper 

 before Iligliuk, and roughly drawing on a large scale an outline of the 

 laud about Eepulse Bay and Lyon Inlet, and terminating at our present 

 winter quarters. * * * Iligliuk was not long in comprehending 

 what we desired, and with a pencil continued the outline, making the 

 land trend, as we supposed, to the northeastward. The scale being 

 large, it was necessary when she came to the end of one piece of paper 

 to tack on another, till at length she had filled ten or twelve sheets, and 

 had completely lost sight of Winter Island * * * at the other end 

 of the table. The idea entertained from this first attempt was that we 

 should find the coast indented by several inlets, and in some parts 

 much loaded with ice, especially at one strait to the northward of her 

 native island, Amitioke, which seemed to lead in a direction very much 

 to the westward. Within a week after this, several other charts were 

 drawn by the natives in a similar way. * * * The coast was here 

 delineated as before, on a very large scale, but much more in detail, 

 many more islands, bays, and names being inserted. It was observ 

 able, however, that no two charts much resembled each other, and that 

 the greater number of them still less resembled the truth in those parts 

 of the coast with which we were well acquainted.&quot; 1 



An interesting illustration of a Greenland map made by natives of 

 the east coast is given by Mr. G. Holm in his Ethnographic Sketch of 

 Angmagsalikerne. 2 This consists of three blocks of wood, along the 

 edges of which are cut various indentations and curves, leaving pro 

 jections, all of which are intended to portray the contour of the shore 

 lines between various important points on the east shore of Greenland. 

 Channels, capes, islands, and other topographic features are apparently 

 well reproduced, at least sufficiently clear to permit of their identifica 

 tion when compared with a large chart of the locality referred to. 



&quot; Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo/ by Doctor Henry Rink. Edinburgh and 

 London, 1875, pp. 1C2, 103. 



-EtlmologiskSkizzeaf Augma#8aliKerne(Sairtryk af MeddelelseroiuGr^nland. X). 

 Kj0benhavn. 1887. 8. 



