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musicians upon raised seats drumming upon tambourine drums, and 

 producing music to the movements of the shaman during his incanta 

 tions in exorcising the demon, or evil spirit, supposed to have posses 

 sion of the patient; e, visitors and friends seated around the interior of 

 the chamber to witness the ceremony; /, the shaman represented in 

 making his incantations preparatory to exorcising from the body of the 

 patient the demon to whose presence the disease is attributed; #, the 

 patient seated upon the floor of the chamber the legs being folded 

 under his body and scarcely visible to the beholder, they are omitted 

 in the pictograph. li represents the shaman in another stage of the 

 ceremonies, driving out the demon, i is another figure of the patient 

 from his head is seen to issue a line connecting it with j. j is the 

 demon, fc is the shaman in the act of driving the demon out of the 

 lodge or chamber in his hands are sacred objects, his personal fetish, 

 in which his power lies; ?, the flying demon endeavoring to escape 

 through the doorway, m and n are assistants to the shaman, stationed 

 at the entrance to strike and hasten the departure of the demon. 



Plate 64, fig. 1, represents a drill bow from the north of Korton Sound. 

 Contrary to the usual custom, this specimen is curved edgewise, so that 

 upon the back appears one continuous record, while upon the front side 

 there are two, the front being beveled from the central line. Quite a 

 number of interesting figures appear upon this record, the results in 

 hunting having apparently been brought about by the kind offices of 

 a shaman, to whom application has been made for success by the 

 recorder or owner. In the small space at the extreme left is the outline 

 of a human figure, the arms bent and the hands touching the sides, 

 two prominent ears, and three lines directed upward from the head. 

 This represents the shaman whose influence had been obtained. Imme 

 diately below this human figure is an oblong outline attached to a 

 delicate groove or line extending forward to a whale. This represents 

 the float attached to the harpoon line. The next character represents 

 a seal facing the right, its vis-a-vis being a native crawling along with a 

 spear in his hand, evidently intending to capture it. The short etchings 

 projecting from the base line and extending to the right to a distance of 

 about three inches, represent a marsh. Five seals are shown about the 

 middle of this marsh, as if swimming in the water with only the head 

 and top of the body projecting. Beyond these animals, and at the end 

 of the marsh, is the outline of a boat. Some distance to the right is a 

 figure very much resembling a crouching bear. This again is a repro 

 duction of the figure of the shaman whose kindly offices had been 

 secured upon another occasion. He seems to be throwing forward a 

 magic bullet which, used by the hunter in the kaiak above him, enabled 

 the hunter to secure the seal he wanted, as shown by the bullet mark 

 above the animal a short distance in front of the kaiak. Upon the 

 same face of the bow will be observed a number of characters as if 

 suspended from the upper line thereof. By turning the bow about, the 



