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Eyelets 394 



Position of the weapons on the kaiak 396 



Hunting methods 397 



Seals 397 



Hunting seals on the winter ice 398 



Net-fishing of seals 402 



Whale fishing . . 403 



Bears 403 



Reindeer hunting 405 



The bow and arrow 406 



Foxes 406 



Gulls and ravens 406 



Salmon and sea-scorpions 407 



Hunting weapons 407 



Harpoons 407 



The kaiak harpoons 410 



The lances 417 



Harpoons for seahng on the ice 419 



The ice-hunting stool 423 



The harpoon heads 424 



General remarks on the harpoon heads 430 



The bladder dart 434 



The bird dart 436 



The fishing spears 438 



Throwing sticks 439 



General remarks on the larger weapons 445 



Stilettos 453 



The wound-trimmer 453 



Seahng floats 454 



The wound-plugs 459 



Towing straps and drag handles 462 



Stone sinkers and fishing lines 464 



Fishing scoops and dredges 467 



Gull snares 469 



Shngs 470 



The cross-bow 470 



Men's work and tools 472 



Men's knives 472 



Shark's tooth knives 476 



Saws 476 



Hammers 478 



Bow-drills 479 



Finger and knee protectors 481 



Manufacture of thongs. Thong smoothers 482 



Iron in implements from the "dead house" 483 



On the use of iron in former times in Greenland 486 



Old-fashioned stone implements 492 



Knives and weapon points, celts and scrapers 494 



Hammer-stones 500 



Whetstones 502 



Women's work and tools 503 



The womwn's duties inside and outside the house 503 



