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alivoq alugpd angmdq angmavoq anguarpoq 

 anguvd aorpoq apumaq drdluk asaloq quagpd 

 ausiaq ava I igipa igdlaoq igdloq tgrMf& ;// 



ikeq imuk inivd ipe iperaq isoq iteq 

 itsaq ituipoq itumaq ivisdq ivssuvoq ivavoq 



qalugiaq qdrpd qdteq qingoq qitornaq quagssuk 



qungiaq katak kingeq kinguk maqigpoq matmk 



mano masak masik mingoq mitilik mugtuk 

 naqigpoq napo nlgsik nlorpoq nutdq pagpd 

 pdgpd pamioq pangneq pero pingo pitsiulik 

 pukeq sdko sam Ik serdlaq silk siduitoq taquaq 



tamaq tdterdq tauto tigdlaq tigpik torssoq 

 tuapaq tujorpd tunivd tuputa uerneq ugpik 

 a in r pa uipoq. 



Arrangement of the Sections. Comparing the Special Part of 

 the Vocabulary with Powell's schedules, some re-arrangement will 

 be found to have taken place. Being too poorly represented in the 

 dialects, some sections are embodied in others. For the same reason 

 Measure" and Standard of value" are wholly omitted, and from 

 other points of view there was no room for Geographical names" 

 and New words". 



As to the special groups , among others it was of particular 

 interest to learn, what systems and words relating to Division of 

 the year" and Quarters of the globe", were applied by the East- 

 Grkenl anders, who have lived almost quite isolated from European 

 influence and about whose state of culture we have recently ob- 

 tained the most authentic and detailed information. The year they 

 divide according to the changes of the moon, and the months are 

 designated by their number, counting from the first change after 

 the first apearance of the star asit (Atair = aquilae) in the 

 morning twilight. Formerly they began numbering from the first 

 change after the shortest day, and this still being maintained in 

 some places, it sometimes gives rise to misunderstanding. The 

 natives are very skilled in calculating in advance the arrival of the 

 shortest day by observing the position of the sun and the said star. 

 There was a dispute between one of them and the foreigners, in 

 which the native proved to be right. As for the rest, it is well 

 known that the Eskimo tribes, moreover divide the year into seasons, 

 named after the different occupations and especially the different 

 kinds of game to be had, and consequently varying according to the 

 localities. 



To indicate the quarters of the globe the Westgreenlanders 

 use at once two systems. Besides the ordinary one they derive 

 another from the view of the open sea, distinguishing what is to 

 the left, qava, and to the right, ava. On the westcoast these terms 

 came to signify at the same time, respectively south and north, and 

 qavdngarnisaq a man from the south, avtingarnisaq from the north. 



