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whalers, to renew their supplies of ammunition and tobacco, or 

 go to the northward to hunt the musk-ox in the spring. 



The Aivilliks of that coast confine themselves chiefly to the 

 seaboard. Their name signifies walrus hunters, and they go 

 inland in the autumn only to procure sufficient deerskins for 

 their winter clothing. 



The Nechilliks and Igluliks, living farther north, do not 

 often come in contact with the whalers, and depend largely on 

 their southern neighbours for ammunition and other articles of 

 civilization. They are in a much more primitive state, without 

 any modifications in their ancient customs and beliefs. The 

 greater number are without guns, and kill their game with the 

 bow and arrow or with the spear. 



The other natives on the shores of Fox channel rarely come 

 in contact with the whites, and are in a similar primitive state. 

 These include the Padliks and Sikosiliks, and in the same 

 category were the natives of Southampton island, now all dead. 



The Eskimos living about Erobisher bay and Cumberland 

 gulf congregate about the whaling stations, and remain there 

 for the greater part of the year. The whaling season in these 

 places is in the fall, spring and early summer, so the natives 

 have only the latter part of the summer in which to hunt deer 

 for their winter clothing. The animals are found abundantly 

 about the great lakes ISTettilling and Amadjuak, which are 

 located far inland to the westward. 



The natives of Big island and the north shore of Hudson 

 strait are, as before mentioned, employed on the Scotch whaling 

 steamer, or at the stations at Repulse bay and at Lake Harbour, 

 where a mica mine is worked ; consequently they do not follow 

 their old customs. 



A whaling station was established in 1903, at Ponds inlet, 

 and the Eskimos of the northeastern part of Baffin island will 



