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lived on the stores (IppositriMu rill,:;- till' j in •(•(■(ling summer. After the 

 breakingupof theicr thrv succrcdcd in l<i II ing several whales, which 

 afforded an ample su lip I y of meat and lilul)lirr(p. 363). Subsequently, 

 they hunted deer west of Repulse Bay (p. 304:) and near Lyon Inlet, 

 where probably the greater part of the families had staid since the 

 previous year. 



In November, Hall found near the head of this inlet a number 

 of natives who came to Repulse Bay towards the end of the year, 

 having heard that a whale had been taken there. By this addition 

 the village of Repulse Bay suddenly increased in population to 120 

 inhabitants (p. 369). This was the only winter in which the natives 

 began sealing in January (p. 371). In March they built their huts 

 upon the ice and scattered early in the spring for sealing and catch- 

 ing salmon. 



From these reports and some more general accounts of these trav- 

 elers, an idea can be formed of the mode of life of this part of the 

 Aivillirmiut during the different seasons. In the spring, when the 

 seals commence to bask upon the ice, the tents are established on the 

 floe of Repulse Bay, the large winter settlements being broken up 

 into a number of smaller ones. During this season they begin to 

 store away blubber, which is carefully put into sealskin bags. Be- 

 sides, reindeer are killed in the deer passes. In July a great number 

 of the natives leave the ice and resort to the salmon rivers, where an 

 abundant supply of food is secured, but the sealing is also continiied 

 until the breaking up of the ice. At this time of the year (i. e. , in 

 August), walrus and seal are taken in large numbers, and thus an 

 ample stock of provisions for winter use is collected. In some sea- 

 sons a few whales are cavight and stored away at once. In Septem- 

 ber, most of the natives move to the lakes or rivers, particularly 

 North Pole Lake, to hunt deer as well as the musk ox on the hills. 

 Other favorite localities for deer hunting are west of Repulse Bay 

 or near Lyon Inlet. Large deposits of venison are made, and when 

 the deer go south the natives settle in the center of their summer's 

 hunting ground, building their snow houses on the lakes in order to 

 have a supply of water near at hand. About January most of them 

 gather in one' settlement, which is established at Uglariaq, Naujan, 

 or Inugsulik. Those who come from Lyon Inlet do not always join 

 the Repulse Bay tribe, but may be identical with Parry's Winter 

 Island Eskimo, who move to the bay south of Lyon Inlet in winter. 

 They go sealing in winter only in case of need, for the hunt seems 

 to be unproductive, and they subsist on the stores deposited during 

 the preceding summer. Towards the latter half of March the settle- 

 ments are broken up and some of the natives go to the lakes to fish 

 for trout and salmon, while others begin the sealing. 



Another winter station of the Aivillirmiut is Akugdlit. which, 

 however, has never been as important as Aivillik itself. Rae found 



