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resort, and tliey are sliot citker when basking at the edge of tlie 

 water or when blowing. 



In the fall, when the small bays ai'e covered with ice and newly 

 formed floes drift to and fro in the open sea, the natives go sealing 

 at the edge of the land ice (Fig. 435). The seals are shot on the 

 drifting ice or in the water and are secured by means of the unang, 

 in the following manner: The hunter jumps upon a small cake, 

 which he pushes on with his spear until lie is near the body of tlio 

 animal, and then dra^■s it upon the land floe with the liari^oon line. 

 This metliod is almost iln' swiiic ,-is the one used in sealing and wal- 

 rusing during the ^viiitcr \vhci-c\fr tlie open water is close to tlie 

 shore. 



fibed l)y Gilder in the following words {pip. 



This hunt is des 

 182-184): 



Usually there are two hunters who approach the walrus, one hiding behind the 

 other, so that the two appear but as one. When the spear is thrown, both hold on to 

 the line, which is wound around their arms so as to cause as much friction as i 



