252 Tin; I'OINT liARKoW KSKIMO. 



fiul. The liiii' is Ihcii ilriaclicd from llic ]iluiiiiii('t luid fiistciipd to one 

 ill)pci-.-.)nicriifllir iH-I. aii.l a srcoiid line is l.-l ,l,,\vii llinm-h tin- otiicr 

 siiKill iHilcand Mia.lc last in the same way (o tlir otlirr iii)pr|- .-nrncr. 

 I!y ia,llin-..n 11i.'M' linrs ih.-iu-t is dnnvn .lowii lhiou-1, tlic luiddh' and 



,., |,;,ul It lip a-aiii. Thr .•lid liii.'S aiv hut loosely made, fast to lumps 

 otiiv. so that uli.-ii a seal strikes llie net iiotliiii- binders liis wrappin-- 

 il eoiiiplelely around liiin in his strii-'.^les to eseape. When theliiiiiter, 

 uho is iisiialh uali-hin-his net, thinks the seal is siittieienrly eutaugk'd 

 1„. hauls hiiii'iip through the lar-.- iiole and sets the lu't a.-aili. 



1 had no opporliinil\ of oliser\ iii^ w li<4her any wei.nhts or pluiuuu'ts 

 were used to keep down the low er ed.uc of t he net. These nets are llOW 

 universally eiiiplo\ed. lint oiii^ iiati\ !■ spoke of a tiuus "long ago" when 

 thia-e were no nets and they captilled seals with the. spear (u'ln;) alone. 

 The net was iise<l in simI eateliin.u in I >r. Simpson's time, tliou-h lie 

 makes hut a casual retereiiee to it,' and l!<>eehey found seal nets at, 

 Kotzel.ue Sound ill ISL'tl.-' The m^t ;,> very -,aierall\ used for sealing 

 aiMoiig the l-skiino of western Ameriea ami in Sil.eria. We observed 

 seal nets .set with stakes aloni;- the shore of the saiidspit at Plover Bay, 

 and Xordetiskiiild sjieaks of seal nets '-set in suiumer among the ground 

 ices along the shore." ' and at open leads in the winter, but gives no 

 description of the method of settin.^' these nets beyond mentioning the 

 "loliu pole which was used in setting the net. '"'as none of his party 

 (■\ei witnessed the seal tisheiy.'' I am infoi'iued by Mr. W. II. Dallthat 

 the winter nets in Norton Sound are not set under the ice as at Point 

 P.arrow. Init with stakes in shoal water wherever there are open holes 

 In the ice. "Ice nets" are spoken of as in use for sealini;- iu (.Treenland, 



but I lia\e 1 n able to lind no description of them. As they are not 



spoken of b\ .'it her IC-edeor ('rant/. I am inclined to believe that they 

 were intiodnced by the iMirojieans.'' Mr. L. M. Turner informs me that 

 such Is the case at l'u;;a\a Pay ou the southern slun'e of Hudson 

 Strait, where they use a \rv\ loin;- net set under the iei^ very much as 

 at Point P.arrow. 1 can tind no mention of the use of seal nets ainoin;- 

 any other of the .■astern Eskimo. 



It is well known that seals liav<- a great deal of curiosity, and are 

 easHy alliacled by any unusual sounds, esp(>cially if they are gentle 

 and Ion;; conlinned. It is ther.dore easy to entice them into the nets 

 by makinji such noises, for instance, gentle whistling, rattling on the 

 ice with the pick, and so forth. Two special imiilements are also used 

 for this purpose. The first kind I have called: 



