GLOSSARY 375 



Gully. A Barrel with only one head in it, and a couple of large holes 

 bored under the chime hoop3 of the other end, to introduce a stang to 

 carry it upon. They are used chiefly to carry salt in. 



Harp. An old seal of that kind called by Pennant, " Blackback." 

 [Harp seal, Phoca groenlandica.] 



Haul a Net. Such nets aa are constantly moored in the water 

 are hauled by going out to them in a boat, laying hold of one end, and 

 hauling the boat along by the head-rope to the other end, taking the fish 

 out into the boat; the meshes being made large enough for the fish to 

 entangle themselves in them. A seine is hauled, by».shooting it, bj' de- 

 grees, out of a boat into the water, and hauhng it on shore again by the 

 two ends. 



HocND. A water-fowl rather larger than a teal. These birds migrate 

 to the north in large flocks in the spring, and as they fly, make a continual 

 noise, than which nothing can more resemble the cry of a pack of beagles 

 when in chase. When, and how they return to the south again I am 

 unacquainted. [Old-squaw, Harelda hyemalis.] 



Hl'mmoc. a little hill. 



Ja.m Ice. The low ice with which the whole face of the ocean is cov- 

 ered every winter, and until late in the summer. 



Jar. The young of the smallest kind of seal; the old ones are called 

 Double .Jars. [Either the harbour seal, Phoca vitulina concolor, or ringed 

 seal, Phoca hispitJa, probably the latter.] 



Jerk. To cure fish or meat in the open air without salt. 



Killers of a Deathfall, are three, viz. The Ground-killer; which 

 lies upon the ground, across the front of the Deathfall. The Cat-killer; 

 one end of which turns upon a nail which is driven into a strong stake, 

 and the other is supported high up by a line which passes over a crutch 

 on the top of a stake and then comes down to another at the bottom, 

 under which one end of the tongue is fixed, while the other supports the 

 bridge; which being pressed by the animal, disengages the point of the 

 tongue, that sets the cat-killer at liberty and it falls down upon the ground- 

 killer; con.sequently falls down upon the back of any animal, which may 

 be standing across the latter. And the Main-killer; ope end of which 

 rests upon the ground and the other upon the elevated end of the Cat- 

 killer, and falls with it; serving to keep the latter down. 



KiLLicK. A wooden anchor, made by nailing a pair of claws across 

 ea<li other, and fixing three rods to each claw; within which a large stone 

 is placed to give it weight, and the ends of all the rods are tied together 

 above the stone, to secure it in its place. [These are still used on the 

 New England coa.st and bear the same name.) 



Ki.vrj - Hairs. The long, glossy hairs in the skin of a beast, which 

 cover the thick coat of fur. 



Kyack. The Esquimau name for the canoe which is made use of by 

 that nation. 



