An Anthropogeographical Study of the Origin of the Eskimo Culture. 89 
mode of living, of the aquatic mammals, so necessary for the Eskimo. Of 
orm ‘he Kekum 
al nado ee ma oe seal also occur in small 
|" ammbers, and sppear to be hunted ly at the south-west coast; it is of 
some importance, however, as_ifs skin is in great demand on account 
of its durability?. The seal is connected with the “Storis” and 
arrives only at certain ms of the year. The hunting of the Crested 
seal is of im in the district of Julianehaab, where. according to 
Ruvx, it i “about one-third of the profits of the year*. Then there 
are the Ringed ‘seal and the Greenland seal, which form the basis of the 
Eskimo existence: the Ringed seal in the north, and the Greenland seal 
in_the south Even Fasricius‘ reports that the Rimged seal is most 
numerous in Disco Bay, Umanak Bay and in those northern fjords which 
are frozen over during the greater part of the year. RyBErc® writes, 
respecting the Ringed seal, that it is the one which is chiefly hunted in 
North Greenland. It is present in great numbers during the winter-time 
proper, and may be caught anywhere along the coast, and in the fjords. 
In South Greenland, also, it is present practically all the year round, but 
here it is not of the same importance to the community. 
As regards the hunting of seals the difference between north and south 
Greenland must not be sought in the circumstance that south of the district 
of Holsteinsborg new methods appear, but in the fact that some of the 
hunting methods from North Greenland cease to be used. The common 
method of hunting from a kayak with harpoon and throwing board is 
followed everywhere on the west coast: but while in North Greenland it 
Muth ceaclasd salgelating a sect tins of tha year, it ism to peek, 
the only method which in South Greenland yields a considerable return. It 
is probable, that thi the only one originally used by 
Eskimo for hunting Greenland Seals, and, partly, that the want of 
winter-ice in” thié™~southern regions has resulted in it here bemg impossible~— 
= laa lemermen of hunting on ice. Consequently, the conditions / 
at southern, “than ia nari Greenland, the Lanting | 
Seer E-apaE ia Eis ope cterny xe beng cabjet to bar pealer oT 
than isthe hunting on ice. Failure to « capture is far more frequent, 2 and 
as the animal chiefly hunted, the Greenland Seal, is a migratory 
which in course 0 year twice leaves the mm 
be more provident than their country-men in the north, in whose waters 
—, —-~ 
1 WinGeE, pp. 427 sqq. 
* Wince, p. 423; Fapricivs, IV, pp. 143 and 151. 
* Rygerc, p. 88; Rivx I, Vol. 3, p. 187; Winez, p. 449; Fasricrus, IV, 
p. 130. 
* Faprictus, IV, p. 82. 
* Ryserc, p. 88. 
