APPENDIX 



After the preceding paper was in type some additional information was received 

 from whalers who returned from Cumberland Sound in the autumn of 1887. In 

 the following notes I give the substance of these reports : 



Page 467. Since 1883 the whalers have been more successful, and consequently 

 more ships visit the sound. In the present winter — 1887-88 — one American and two 

 Scottish whaling stations are In operation in Cumberland Soimd ; a new station 

 was established in Nugumiut two years ago, and the Scottish steamers which used 

 to fish in Baffin Bay and the northern parts of Davis Strait are beginning to visit 

 Cumberland Sound and Hudson Strait. The whaling in Baffin Bay shows a sudden 

 falling off and it seems that the number of ships will be greatly reduced. This 

 cannot be without influence upon the Eskimo, who will probably begin again to 

 flock to Cumberland Sound and Nugumiut. 



Note 2. 



Page 538. In 1884 and 1885 a lively intercourse existed between Padliand Cumber- 

 land Sound, and in the spring of the latter year the dog's disease broke out for the 

 first time on the coast of Davis Strait, and spread, so far as is kno^vn, to the north- 

 em part of Home Bay. 



Note 3. 



Page 574. A peculiar game is sometimes played on the ice in spring. The men 

 stand in a circle on the ice, and one of tliem walks, the toes turned inward, in a 

 devious track. It is said that only a few are able to do this in the right way. Then 

 the rest of the men have to follow him in exactly the same track. 



One of their gymnastic exercises requires considerable knack and strength. A 

 pole is tied with one end to a stone or to a piece of wood that is firmly secured m 

 the snow. A man then lies down on his back, embi-acing the pole, his feet turned 

 toward the place where the pole is tied to the rock. Then he must rise without 

 bending his body. 



In another of their gymnastic exercises they lie down on their stomachs, the 

 arms bent so that the hands lie close together on the breast, palms turned down- 

 ward. Then they have to jump forward without bending their body, using only 

 their toes and hands. Some are said to be able to jimip several feet in this manner. 



Note 4. 



Page 583. In the Report of the Hudson Bay Expedition of 188G, p. 16, Lieut. A. 

 Gordon remarks that the same custom is reported from Port Burwell, near Cape 

 Cliidleigh, Labrador. He says : " There lived between the Cape and Aulatsivik a 

 good Eskimo hunter wliose native name is not gi\en, but who was christened by 

 our station men -Old Wicked.' He was a passionate man and was continually 



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