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sled and l>M)ii-lir hack ami lianirsscil to the Hal sird nu w Inch iho 

 uiiuak was lashed. The |iart\ . wliicli (•(insisted oj' ll\c iiicii and I w o 

 women, one of whom femained with the sled load oT i;car. then started 

 ahead, tlie women luntiinj;- in fioiit of the dotjsand the men pushing at 

 the sides of the lioat. The hoat tiavels ver\ easily and lapidlyoii 

 smooth ice. l.iit amoii- the hm -ks the men haxchard uoik |msliin- 



places ill thep^ith and to chisel otf iirojectin- points of ice uhich miulit 

 pierce the skill C(,ver of the boat. When they came up to I he Inst 

 sled the women were a-aili sent on with this while the men rested. 

 The inthiled sealskin floats. li\c or six m number, the whale harpoon, 

 and whale spades, and ice picks were carried in the boats. 



A whalm.u umiak always carries a number of amulets to insure suc- 

 cess. I'hese c(Uisisfed in this case of two wolf skulls, a diied raseii, 

 tlie axis vertebra of a seal, and numerous leathers, '{'he skin of a 



waalii was particiilarl\ desirous to secure the lip of a red to\"s tail, 



wore lillels of I intain sheepskin, with a little crystal or stone ima.ue 



of a whale daii,ulin,u at each side of the facc.aiid the captain's lillet was 



also frilij;-ed with the incisor teeth of the nntaiii sheep. |!(,tli wore 



little stone whales attached to the breast of the Jacket, and one woman 

 and one or two of the men had streaks of black lead (m their faces.' 



When they are on the watch for whales the .ureat harpomi is kept 

 always ri^.^ed and reslin,^ in a crotch of ivory in the bow of the boat. 

 When a whale issi-hted they paddle npascl,,se as possilile and the 



harj lei- thrusts the harpoon into him. The whale di\cs. with the 



lloats attached to him. and the shaft, which is retained, is ri-.-ed for 

 strikin- him when he rises a-ain. The other boats, if any are near, 

 join in the chase until the whale is so wearied that he can be lanced 

 or a fi\(uablc opp(Utiiiiity occurs fbr shootin.i; him. All boats in si.oht 



at the time the whale is st ruck, as I underst 1. are entitled to an 



e(pial share of the whalelxuie. 



.\s s as the whale is killed he is towed up to the e(l.uv of the land 



tloeand everybody standin-on the ed-e of the ice and in the boats 

 be-ins hackin- away, at random, at the Hesh and blubber, some of 

 them .udin- to work ukuv carefully to cut out the whaleli.me. 'fhe 

 ••(aittin.i;- in" is maiKlji'ed without order i>y c(Uitrol, everybody who can 

 be on the sp(.t beinj;- a|.parently entitled to all the meat, bluliber. and 

 blackskin he or slie can cut olf. The same eu.st(mi was luacriced in 

 Greenlaud, and is to this day in eastern Siberia. 



loatlw, ,sp,.,i:illy >„ 

 rn8 already dead, wn 



