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S. E.-Greenlandic. 



qaoriarmage tdiiko 

 ilaisa ornigpât. tikika- 

 mike nivcderpât. ni- 

 variardlige nivagdlige 

 oqarput: sôq ina tipe- 

 qângila? sôq nâsimâ- 

 gilarput. taûsimarajip 

 kuneriardUge oqarpoq : 



ipigalivainaqaunga. 

 oqarijigpoq : qasusuer- 

 sârdlise nivangniâsa- 

 kasigparse. tâuna ni- 

 vangniarùderdlige to- 

 qungassorssivasik na- 

 nivât tiggangnigtoq. 

 avguiaramike naeria- 

 rike oqîternei'ajîp nâ- 

 palânut qileripât. 



taûnarajik oqarpoq : 

 qaneq nunalingiutisa- 

 kasigpara ? oqarput 

 Hait: tamdnarajik su- 



vanit artisava? taûko 



W.-Greenlandic. 



qaoriarmago tânkua 

 ilaisa ornigpât. tiki- 

 kamiko nivalerpât, ni- 

 variardlugo nivagdlu- 

 go oqarput: sôq una 

 tipeqångila? sôq nai- 

 mângilarput ? tâussii- 

 ma kwiiorariardlugo 

 oqarpoq : ipeqajdina- 

 qaunga . oqarqigpo q : 

 qasunavêrsârdluse ni- 



vangniakasisavarse. 



nivangniarialerdlugo 

 toqunqassorssuaq na- 

 nivât (sujumorpât), tig- 

 gangnigtoq, avgoriara- 

 mîko naeriardlugo te- 

 riangiap qungasianut 

 qilerûpât. 



tâunakasik oqarpoq: 

 qanoq nunalingiïima- 

 savara ? oqarput Hait : 

 taima mikitigissoq su- 

 vanit artorndsava ? 



English, 

 ice, ye must go very 

 early in the day." 



As it grew lightsome 

 of them went out to it. 

 When they came to 

 it they began to scrape 

 the snow from it. While 

 they are scraping it 

 away, they say: "How 

 can it be that it does 

 not smell? why cannot 

 we smell it?" He, (the 

 fox) stuck his nose down 

 again and again and 

 said: "1 am nearly 

 choked (with the smell). 

 Then he says again: 

 "Ye must go on scra- 

 ping with all your might 

 and not get tired." 

 As they scraped away 

 again, they came upon 

 a large, dead, stinking 

 male-seal. When they 

 divided it and cut out 

 the belly strip, they 

 tied it round the fox's 

 neck. 



The latter said: "How 

 am I to get to land 

 with it?" Some said : 

 "Why shouldst thou 

 not be able to manage 



