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4. A circle with two marks in the middle, signifying an island with 

 huts upon it. 



5. Same as No. 1. 



G. A circle to denote another island. 



7. Same as No. 3, with an additional finger elevated, signifying two— 

 two nights. 



8. The speaker with his harpoon, making the sign of a sea lion with 

 the left hand. The flat hand is held edgewise with the thumb elevated, 

 then pushed outward from the body in a slightly downward curve. 



9. A sea lion. 



10. Shooting with bow and arrow. 



11. The boat with two persons in it, the paddles projecting down- 

 ward. 



12. The winter, or permanent habitation of the speaker. 



The following is the text in the Aigaluxamut dialect, with an inter- 

 linear translation: 



Hui ta want ai-wi-xa-na kui-gi-qta-mun a-xi-lu-muk ka-wa-xa-lu-a, 



I there go (with boat) that island one sleep there, 



(to that place) 



tca-li hui ai-wi-lu-a a-xamun kui gi-qta-mun, ta-wa-ui nia-lu-qnnk 



then I go another that island, there two 



(indicated) 



ka-wa-xa-lu-a, hui pi-qlu-a a-xilu-miik' wi-namuk tca-li a-ni-xlu-a 



sleeps, I catch one sea lion then return 



(nights) 



nu-nau m'nun. 



(to) place mine. 



The following is of a similar nature, and was obtained under circum- 

 stances similar to the. preceding. 



* <r * *r * * * it 



1234 50 7 8 



Fig. 48. — Alaskan notice of departure. 



The explanation of the above characters is as follows: 



1, 3, 5, 7, represent the person spoken to. 



2. Indicates the speaker with his right hand to the side or breast, in- 

 dicating self, the left hand pointing in the direction in which he is going. 



4. Both hands elevated, with fingers and thumbs signifies many, ac- 

 cording to the informant. When the hands are thus held up, in sign- 

 language, it signifies ten, but when they are brought toward and back- 

 ward from one another, many. 



6. The right hand is placed to the head to denote sleep — many sleeps, 

 or, in other words, many nights and days; the left hand points down- 

 ward, at that place. 



8. The right hand is directed toward the starting point, while the left 

 is brought upward toward the head — to go home, or whence he came. 



