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28 into the sea-water, | so that the prongs swell and hold the harpoon- 
points better. | 
After he has done so, he puts it down in the bow of the little || 
30 hunting-canoe. He coils up his canoe-line in the canoe-box. | When 
he comes to the middle, he takes his bladder and puts it into | the 
sea-water and pushes it down so as to moisten it. He | takes the 
middle of the harpoon-line and ties on the neck of the | bladder with 
35 two half-hitches. Then he pulls it tight and puts it || into the bow of 
the little hunting-canoe just above the | canoe-box. He coils up the 
other half | of the other end of the spearing-line underneath it. | 
As soon as this has been done, he begins to paddle. He keeps 
close | to the shore of the island and watches. As soon as he sees a. 
40 seal diving,— || which he recognizes by the phosphorescence,—he puts 
his paddle (into the water). Then | he grasps the end of his harpoon- 
shaft. If the seal should be frightened away, | the steersman puts 
his paddle | edgewise into the water and moves it about so as to | 
45 produce phosphorescence. When the seal sees this, it comes || back 
to look at the phosphorescence around the paddle. Then | the har- 
pooneer harpoons it as it comes swimming along on the left-hand 
side | of the hunting-canoe. | 
As soon as he hits it, he hauls in the line, so | that the seal kicks 
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