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have no boats they stay at Tilcoraqiljuaq; the other natives, however, 

 sometimes change their haliitatidiis and even visit Qarmang and the 

 north shore of the hike. These Journeys, however, are rare, for in the 

 eastern part an inexhaustible supply of food may be obtained; there- 

 fore long excursions are quite unnecessary. At the beginning of 

 October the boats leave the lake and the natives return to the fall 

 settlements in the sound. 



Nettilling Fjord, with its numerous islands, forms the nortliern 

 boundary of Talirpia. Farther north we come to Qiugua. the head 

 of Tiniqdjuarbing (Cumberland Sound). It extends from Imigen 

 to Ussualung. The winter settlement on the island of Imigen is 

 situated in the midst of one of the best winter hunting grounds, for 

 the southern portion of the island, on which the huts are erected, 

 projects far out into the sea. The hunt is often rendered somewhat 

 difficult by the rough ice which is due to the strong currents between 

 Pujetung, Imigen, and Nettilling Fjord. Towards spring the natives 

 sometimes resort to a place yet nearer the open sea, the largest island 

 of the Pujetung group. Young seals are caught near Imigen, at the 

 Kilauting Islands, and in Qaggilortung. This district, however, can- 

 not be visited every year, as almost every spring the whole area west 

 of a line from Imigen to Anarnitung is covered with very deep and 

 soft snow, which prevents the Eskimo from using their dog sledges. 

 When this condition prevails the natives settle on the sea ice between 

 Augpalugtung and Imigen, or a little farther north, and remain there 

 from the middle of March until the latter part of April. 



These natives go deer hunting either to Issortuqdjuaq — where they 

 live at Ejahiaqdjuin, Sirmiling, or Midlurieling — ortoE^aluqdjuaq, 

 near Ussualung, where they hunt in the hilly land adjoining the ice- 

 covered Penny Plateau. As the land farther north*vest is said to 

 consist of irregular hills and disconnected valleys, the skins and the 

 meat of the killed deer would have to be carried up and down hills 

 before the settlement was reached. Therefore the natives dislike 

 hunting in this part of the country. 



E^aluaqdjuin and Ejaluqdjuaq, as is denoted by the names, are 

 productive salmon rivers. In starting from the former and ascend- 

 ing a narrow valley, Lake Ejoleaqdjuin is reached, whence a pass 

 leads to the valley adjoining E^aluaqdjuin. Taking another road 

 the long Lake Imeraqdjuaq_ is reached, which borders upon the 

 glaciers of the highland. From here, after a four days' tramp fol- 

 lowing a large river, the traveler comes to Midlurieling. From 

 Issortuqdjuaq a narrow isthmus offering a good sledging road is 

 used in visiting the head of Qaggilortung. Another route, which 

 is suitable only for foot passengers, leads by a chain of lakes to the 

 head of Kangertlukdjuaq. It is not necessary to enumerate the 

 overland routes in this district, as numerous valleys permit the 

 traveler to pass from the east to the west and from the south to the 



