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their seat, and then righting themselves from under water 

 with a blow of their paddle. 



Some interesting remarks are made on the calls used 



Esquimaux of that part of Greenland, which is under 

 missionary influence, drive their dogs with the call it i! il 

 and accompany the sound with a smack of the whip to the 



by various Esquimaux tribes whilst dog-driving. All the ' right or left when they wish to turn, whilst the dogs are 



-Littleton Island. 



Stopped b/ a ^short whistle. Th? Esquimaux tribe on I inhabiting the neighbourhood of Ponds Bay, as one of 

 the side of Smth Sound use similarly the sound ha! the Esquimaux on board the ship informed the author, 

 ha ! ha ! and as a hiking signal a lengthened oh ! Those I use the call w6a-ah-ha-ha-ha ! to turn their dogs to the 



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1 IG. 3.-Uro.ip of It.i E-iLiim.iux huts w 



right, and ah-woa-wa-ha ! to send thsm to the left ; oh ! 

 for halt. The calls used in Cumberland, a district of 

 Baffin's Land, are so newhit similar souads to the last ; 



formerly they ^vere more like them still, but have 

 chanc^ed. The natives on the shores of the Hudson s 

 Straits use only the call au ! au ! au ! and those of King 



