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own carelessness 1 or the neglect of the community, 2 went hungry 

 and naked. This was the worst calamity that could befall an 

 Eskimo, hence the necessity of providing a namesake and of 

 regularly feeding and clothing the same, in the interest of the 

 beloved dead. 



1 Childless people provide for this contingency by adoption 



2 One who has made himself odious to his fellow villagers is purposely neglected in the feasts 

 to the dead. 



