442 THE CENTRAL ESKIMO. 



Those wlio remain at Qivituii,i<- lUiriiii;- the winter go sealing in 

 the bay east of the peninsula and sulisi>l ujion the iJroduct of this 

 occupation, as well as on the walrus meat which was stored up in the 

 summer and autumn. A few leave Qivitung after the consolidation 

 of the floe and settle on Nanuqtaqdjung, an island in Home Bay, near 

 the northern point of Qeqertalukdjuaq. 



In the winter the Akudnirmiut of Niaqonaujang generally remove 

 to Ijjiutelling, on the southern shore of Koukteling, and in May go 

 farther south, to the island Avaudjelling. In the spring they go bear 

 hunting on Koukteling and the peninsula of Niaqonaujang, where the 

 she bears dig holes in the snow banks, in which they whelp. 



Though the isthmuses are of great value in facilitating the inter- 

 course between the separate settlements of Cumberland Sound and 

 Davis Strait, as their headlands are washed by water, they are not 

 indispensable for the tribes of Davis Strait, for the ice is passable at 

 all points. The low peninsulas are crossed by the natives in their 

 travels in preference to rounding their headlands. Thus they not 

 only shorten their journey, but they avoid the rough ice often found 

 off the points. 



For example, a pass leads from the western bay of Padli Fjord to 

 Kangertloaj^ing, and another from Tessiujang, near Qivitung, across 

 the narrow and low isthmus into Home Bay. Similar passes ai-e 

 used in crossing Koukteling, the peninsulas of Niaqonaujang. Aqo- 

 jang, ami Ai|iij:irtung. 



At Nia(|iiiiaujaii!4- I reached the limit of my travels and have only 

 to add reports which I obtained from other tribes and in other set- 

 tlements. River Clyde and Aqbirtijung are not always inhabited, 

 but are visited at irregular intervals by the Akudnirmiut, the same 

 who usually stay at Niaqonaujang. It is probable that Aqbirtijung 

 and Kangertlualung are sometimes visited by the Tununirmiut of 

 Pond Bay. 



The Agyomiid. — I can say but little about the two subtribesof the 

 Aggomiut (the Tununirmiut and the Tununirusirmiut), as the re- 

 ports are scanty and the chart of the region is too incorrect to convey 

 any exact information. A few statements may be derived from the 

 Eskimo charts published by Hall (II, pp. 356 and .370). It appears 

 that the natives winter near the entrance of Navy Board Inlet and 

 in the back of Eclipse Sound. Settlements of the Tununirusirmiut 

 at the western entrance of Admiralty Inlet and near its head are 

 mentioned by Hall. Besides seals these natives also pursue the 

 white whales and narwhals which frequent the sound. In summer 

 the Tununirmiut live at the entrance of Pond Bay. 



Although I am not informed as to the position of the settlements, 

 and for this reason am iinable to judge of the details of the life of 

 the Aggomiut, I can give the more general facts of their relations to 

 the neighboring tribes. Of the greatest importance is their counec- 



