nil" riiiNTT r.AKKow Eskimo. 



lie lisli unless it were •• .ui)r,i;iMl." but tlicvora- 



l„,t ahv^iys swallows its pivy. In .livssin.u tlifs.- fish for tin- 



loiisiilcialilf size- wcif tici|urntl.\- found in tliciii, 



is of wliali'lionc like tlios.- already desiaibed but a bttle stouter, 



■s^lon-.anu niau seven pieees^all blaek. Th.' .aid of the line 



is fastened into an eve in the small eml of a lon.-h <■hii.-shai.ed sinker of 

 -i ..'...... : .- 4.1 inehes loll- There is anotlier eye at tlie Lirse end (.f 



ent ofaleadel 

 with the sink( 



sinew braid nA inehes 



lliesil 



lonu- eonneetin- tlr 



The reel, which serves also as a short rod. is of yellow ])ine 1!».J inehes 

 \Vlieu the line is reeled up. the hook is eau.u'ht into the Wood OU 

 (lie side of the reel. N'o. s'.C i,". \'.Hf<\ is a similar set of baited tackle, 

 ■ lit from the same natives, ditlerin,!; from the preceding only iu pro- 

 liii,._i) left and inches — and a somewhat 

 nred two sets of burbot ta(dvle unbaited. 

 ( )iie of these ( No. .".(i.".f;i [3;>| from Utkiavwiii) lias a whale- 

 walrus ivory •■! inehes l.ni- and 1 .] in .liameter. The ho,,k. 

 ■d to the sinker as belore by a leader of stout 

 s of the second i>attern. with serrated edges, 

 ipper hook. The leader is neatly spliced into this. 

 Theoiher. No..'.(i."".41|l.s71.alsofroni I 'tkiavwin, has uo sinker 

 )k \\ itli a elnb shaped bod\ and iron spur. Itwas 

 .hal.ly put toiicther Ibr sale, as it is new. The sinkers, of 

 which wceoUected li\c besidesthosealready mentioned, are 

 always about the same weight and either club-shaped or 

 roughly octahedral. They are always of walrus ivory and 

 ly imnle. Fig. I'T.'l (No. .".tl.-,77 [iTiO]) repre- 

 se sinkers (kibica), on which there is some 

 attemi>t at (a-iiaiiieiitatioii. On the larger are two eyes 

 and the outline of a iiK.nth lik.> a shark's, incised and HHed 

 ■k refuse oil. 

 .\ similar line and reel are used tor catching polar cod in 

 e spring ami late winter tlii(.iiijli the ice at some distance 



ith 



1."". fathoms long, and 4, 



jiroviiled wirh a heavy sinke 



lead, to which areattached by wlialehoiieleaders of iinei^ 

 length. tw<. little Jiggers like Fig. l-'T 1 (the proj.erty of the 

 writer, from Utkiavwn-i). This is of white walrus ivory, 2J 

 ineh.-s long and 2 in diameter at the largest part. The 

 two slender hooks ;ue of copper and are se.aired by 

 wedges of wlialel.oiie. This makes a contrivance re- 

 sembling the sipiid jigs used l.y our tisliermeii. These 

 Jiggers aiv sometimes made whoUv of coi.i.er. wlii.di is 

 scraped bright. . vu-.. 274. 



This hshery begins with tlie ivtnrii of the sun. alx.iit the '7-'' '"f"' 



