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Francisco, California. The animals secured by the hunter are shown, 

 as well as those observed by him during the trip, but not secured. 



Nos. 1 and 2 represent deer; No. &amp;gt; is the outline of a porcupine, next 

 to which is the habitation of the hunter, No. 4. Smoke is seen issuing 

 from the roof of the hut, while at the door is the hunter s wife with a 

 vessel, No. 5. At No. is the outline of the hunter himself in the atti 

 tude of shooting an arrow, thus indicating the weapon used by him. 

 Nos. 7, 8, and 9 are beavers; Nos. 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 are martens; 

 No. 15 is a vessel, according to the interpretation given by Naomoff, 

 although there are no specific characters to identify it different from 



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Fig. 102. 

 HUNTING SCORE ENGRAVED ON IVORY. (AFTER MURDOCK.) 



the preceding; No. 16 is a land otter; No. 17 represents a bear, while 

 No. 18 is a fox; No. 19 is a walrus, the tusks being perceptible at the 

 left side; No. 20 is a seal, while No. 21 represents a wolf. 



As above remarked, the animals are all indicated; those with the 

 heads turned toward the hunter were secured, while those with the 

 head turned away from him were observed, but not secured. 



The story told by the pictograph, together with the text in the 

 Kiate^a mut dialect of the Innuit language, is as follows : 



Hui nuna gra hui puqtu a picu qulu a mus quli qnut. pamu qtulit 



I (from) my place I went hunting (for) skins. Martens 



(settlement) 



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