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Some of the natives of Naujati'liiii;- <;■< > licar Inintiug instead of '" young 

 sealing," but only a few i)(>l;ii' l)i',u-s lose their way into Cumberland 

 Sound. They are generally f( >uiii I within a few miles of the floe edge, 

 and even if the water reaches pretty far up the sound they do not travel 

 beyond Qajodluin and Miliqdjuaq, nor does the pack ice carry them 

 far ujj the sound in summer. On one occasion, in the year 1880, three 

 bears were seen near Qeqerten, about five years earlier one was killed 

 in Qingua, and almost twenty years earlier another one near Anarni- 

 tung. Every occurrence of this kind is considered an event of such 

 importance that it is talked about for years afterwards. I myself saw 

 bear tracks in Kouaqdjuaq in March, 1884, and also at Miliqdjuaq. 

 In February a bear was killed between Kautaq and Naujateling. 



If the water washes the foot of the cliffs between Kautaq and Su- 

 lung, the Eskimo cross the isthmus which lies between Ijelirtung, 

 the eastern branch of Qasigidjen, and Qa^Yodluin Bay on a sledge road 

 and hunt among the islands that are scattered along the shore south 

 of Qajodluin. In summer they visit the same region on their hunting 

 excursions. 



The principal summer settlements are at the head of Qasigidjen 

 and Kangertlung Fjords, which are situated near Idjorituaqtuin and 

 Qimissung. 



From here they ascend the plateau of Nugumiut and hunt on the 

 level highlands. I think it takes them but a day to travel to the top 

 of the plateau. They travel from Qasigidjen to Agdlinartung, a 

 fjord of Frobisher Bay, whence the Nugumiut ascend the highland. 

 Another route leads from Kangertlung to Ejaluin, near the head of 

 Frobisher Bay. 



Farther up the sound we find the winter settlement of Idjorituaq- 

 tuin. The sanir relation exists betwrcu this ])lacc and Qimissiuig as 

 between Umaiiai|tiia(| and XaujalrlinL;-. ( >n (^)i))iissuii,i;. wliicli lies 

 near the mainlaml, tlic natives gatlicr in tlic tall after returning frum 

 deer hunting, and only move to Idjorituaqtuin after the freezing up 

 of the sea. Deer are hunted inland, the summer settlements being 

 at the head of nnedf tlie nuniemus fj<Ji-ds(if the west shore. Favorite 

 places are Kaii,i;ei-tlnn--. wliidi is also \ isiied l,y the Naiijateling 

 Eskimo; Exahiiii, which can he reached from Kajigi^'tlung by ashort 

 overland road; Auqardneling; and Utiqimituug, at the entrance of 

 Nettilling Fjord. A large river, which, according to Eskimo reports, 

 runs thi'ough the greater part of the peninsula, empties into Au(|ard- 

 neling. As it is very deep and wide it cannot be crossed witlmut a 

 vessel of some character, and thus it puts a stop to the migi-at ions 

 from Kangertlung and Ejaluin. In traveling from Kangertlung to 

 Frobisher Bay the river must be crossed. To accomplish this the 

 natives fill a deerskin with shrubs, sew it up, and float themselves 

 across. Only the road leading from Qasigidjen to Frobisher Bay 

 avoids the river. 



