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and was called by the natives "iplokotok." It consisted 

 of about seven walrus teeth tied to the ends of strings about 

 a yard long, the other end of the strings being knotted 

 together. This weapon was swung by the user and 

 thrown into a flock of ducks as they swept over head. 

 Upon striking a bird the heavy ivory pieces caused the 

 strings to wrap themselves tightly and instantly around 

 the bird's wings and bring it to the ground. All these 

 curiosities cost me nine sticks of chewing gum, a dozen 

 boxes of matches, a haK pound of tobacco and twenty- 

 five cents in silver. With other like specimens they were 

 later presented to the Museimi of the University of 

 Pennsylvania. 



Dominoes, cards, chess and checkers, reading, and 

 writing diaries, filled in the dull hours aboard; and bird 

 shooting and butterfly collecting passed the time ashore 

 when we would otherwise have been idle while waiting 

 for the weather to change. But these indoor pastimes 

 palled when we were eager to try for this unknown wild 

 sheep. 



To get up appetites for lunch, the two kayaks were 

 put overboard and amid much amusement we tried to 

 navigate them. Lovering and Collins finally circum- 

 vented the ''Abler," but Elting and I mainly sat in them 

 to see if we could keep our balance. They were so narrow 

 that it was fatal to let back or arms rest on the gunwale 

 of the circular cockpit, but if one sat perfectly quiet on 

 the floor they would not rock. 



It seemed possible to us that the fog might lie in a 

 narrow belt near the coast and as we could not see any- 

 thing higher than some three hundred feet, it was decided 

 to explore a short way inland from the water's edge. 

 If we could scale the hills and see for a considerable 



