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success in the chase. The shamau has finished his incantations, and 

 while still retaining his left arm in the position for that ceremony holds 

 the right toward the hunter, giving him the success requested. No. 10 

 is the shaman s winter lodge, while Nos. 11 and 13 are trees surrounding 

 it, as well as the summer habitation noted at No. 12. 



In the illustration, B is a record pertaining to the hunter s previous 

 application to another shaman with whom no satisfactory arrangement 

 could be made. Consequently, the shaman caused the game to nee and 

 get out of the hunter s way. The detailed description is as follows: 



B. No. 14 is a tree standing beside the habitation No. 15, upon which 

 the shaman is observed standing and driving back the game visible 

 over the remainder of the seene. No. 10 is a deer, the nearest to and 

 the first to feel the shaman s order to return to a safe place. No. 17 

 are the horns of a deer protruding from the surface of the river which 

 the animal is swimming. No. 18 is a fawn, recognizable also by the 

 unusually long legs as compared to the size of the body. 



In the last panel, 0, is recorded the continuation of the story begun 

 by the recorder or hunter in A, No. 8. 



No. 19 represents a tree located hear the hunter s habitation, which is 

 shown in No. 20. The hunter, designated in the attitude of shooting, 

 at No. 21, after having been granted the request for success, placed the 

 effigy of his totem upon the top of his house as a mark of gratification 

 and to insure greater luck in his undertaking. Nos. 22 and 23 embrace 

 five deer which were secured, the heads of the animals being turned 

 toward the hunter, denoting that the game was captured. No. 24 is 

 the shaman s demon driving the game toward the hunter, while in Nos. 

 25, 26, 27, and 28 are indicated other demons who were invoked to aid 

 the chief tutelary guardian of the shaman primarily invoked for this 

 service. 



The figure in No. 25 is a water monster resembling, in this instance, 

 a whale, but which is represented by other of the Innuit as a four or 

 six legged serpent. The latter idea is common in the mythology of the 

 Algoukian tribes; but the existence of such a being in the mythology 

 of the Aigalu jainut and Kiate jainut, Inuuit as well perhaps as among 

 others of this nation, seems entirely original with them. 

 Plate t&amp;gt;4, fig. 2, represents a bone wedge for splitting thin strips of 

 wood for fish traps. The specimen is from Nunivak Island, and is 

 remarkable for the curious engraving which is shown to exist upon the 

 upper surface. It will be observed that the outline within which 

 almost all the small figures are drawn denotes a seal, a median line 

 extending from the eye backward almost to the tail. Above and 

 beneath this are various figures of guns, animals, plants, and straight 

 lines, while upon the reverse, at a point nearly 2 inches from the 

 tail, there projects from the median line a many-branched tree, imme 

 diately above which and to either side are shown two reindeer as if 

 browsing. These reindeer present a peculiarity which has been 



