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■KNTKAL ESKIMO. 



Large flocks of ducks and 

 valleys in the fall and in s 

 ai'e caught here without a 

 sticks. 



A favorite method of catching gulls 

 house. One block of the roof is transln 

 the hunter, who is hidden in the liousi. 

 A bait is placed on this block, and as s(m 

 is i^ulled th:-ough the roof into the hut. 



(1- kinds of birds fly througli certain 

 i; \\ lu'ii migrating. Great numbers 

 lilliciilty, as they can be killed with 



by Imilding a flat snow 

 t and so thin as to jiermit 

 lush his hand through it. 

 IS a bird alights to feed it 



Fib. -1.5S. Kakivans ii silnun speai 



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By far the greater number of birds are caixght during the molt- 

 ing season. Partridges can be caught with the hand and waterfowl 

 are pursued with the kayak. The waterfowl dive as soon as the boat 

 comes near them and being frightened down again as .soon as they 

 rise they are eventually drowned. One species of goose (kango) 



