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Before Cumberland Sound begins to freeze up. ihr Eskimo nf IJg- 

 juktung take walrus on tlie islands Uglirn, south of <,>iM|iTi;iiijang, 

 and at Qeqertaq in Anartuajuin. The animals killfd during the 

 fall are buried under stones, and with this stock of provisions the 

 Saumingmiut do not suffer want during the winter. In addition, 

 however, they go pealing at the entrance of I'^gjidctung, or travel 

 overland to K,iiigiTtltia[)ing, abranchof Kouaqdjiiaii. as Xuvukdjuaq 

 is almost always washed by water and cainidt he passed in winter. 

 The young sealing is here of little importance, as the bears visit the 

 fjords about this season and frighten the animals away. In March 

 the natives go bear hunting or move up the sound to join the King- 

 naitmiut during the time of young sealing. In the spring the settle- 

 ment is always abandoned, as most of them go to Davis Strait and join 

 the other part of the tribe. Crossing the country, they travel over a 

 pass leading from Anartuajuin to Qjaradjiraaitjung. 



The favorite settlement on the east coast is Ukiadliving. There 

 are several stone foundations in tliis place which are frequently 

 reconstructed and used as dwellings. Here walrus are hunted in the 

 summer and in tlie fall and a great stock of provisions is laid up. 

 In winter the floe offers a good hunting ground for sealing and in 

 the spring the bears visit the land and the islands to pursue the 

 pupping (i. e. , pregnant or parturient) seals. At the same time the 

 she bear brings forth her young, the meat and skin of which ai'e 

 highly prized. Many ohl bears and cubs are killed at this season 

 and the precious skins arc pi-rparrd \\,r sale. 



Besides the befori'nicntidiifd route another and longer one leads 

 to Cumberland Sound. In taking this course the sledges start from 

 Nedluqseaq, west of Ukiadliving, and follow a river which i"ises in a 

 small lake whence the inland ice is ascended. Fartlier on the valley 

 leading to E;)faluaqdjuin and Kan^-eil lukd.juai| is ]-eaclied. This is 

 the only overland route on which tlie inlaml ice is ci'ossed. Cape 

 Mercy can be passed by a number of short isthmuses. In the shelter 

 of the bay formed by the cape and Muingmang a floe is formed reach- 

 ing to the foot of Uibarun (Cape Mercy). The pass Tappitaridjen, 

 which cirts off two peninsulas, leads into the sound. The bays 

 farther west are frozen up and the jirojecting points are avoided by 

 short passes. Unfortunately this road was unknown to me during 

 my stay in Saumia, else I could have easily visited Cape Mercy. At 

 last Anartuajuin is reached. The water rarely extends to Nuvuk- 

 djuaraqdjung, the point between Anartiiajuin and Ugjuktung. It 

 may be passed by a difficult road leading across the peninsula. If 

 the water extends to Iliqimisarbing a pass is used which is ascended 

 from Ejalualuin, in the bay of Naujaqdjuaq. 



On Davis Strait a few important isthmuses must be mentioned. 

 One is used by the inhabitants of Ukiadliving in traveling to Exeter 

 Sound. They leave the sea at the head of Touaqdjuaq and by a 



