84 G. Holm. 



they are at enmity with the human race, and occasionally сагг}-^ 

 off a man or two; but they may also live on a friendly footing 

 with men, and even exchange wives with them. They have no 

 kaiaks; but in spring, when their provisions are beginning to give 

 out, they go down to the sea on hunting expeditions and are then 

 seen by the angakut. They are able to bear two large bearded 

 seals, which they carry home to the inland in a sealskin bag (see 

 tales 7, 12, 13, 28). 



The Erkiliks have the form of a man above and that of a dog 

 below. They dwell on the inland ice and are inimical to man (see 

 tale 18). 



It is told that the Timerseks, Erkileks and Kavdlunaks (Euro- 

 peans) have the same origin, being the descendants of a girl and a 

 dog (see tale 20). We Kavdlunaks have therefore no souls, or at 

 most dog-souls, on which matter the Angmagsaliks descanted to our 

 escort from West Greenland. 



The Ingaliliks carry large pots in which whole seals can be 

 boiled. 



Of other beings that live on the earth, I shall only mention 

 the Gobajaks (tale 41), who are pot-bellied women with iron nails; 

 Nerrasejots, hairless, naked, shrieking beings with a knife in their 

 hands; Makakajuiks, hairless beings who rob men of their seals ^); 

 and finally Tarajuatsiaks, shadows, who are less than men and 

 have a pointed bald head. 



Far out at sea towards the east lies a large island which is 

 called Akilinek. According to descriptions, not only the inhabitants 

 but also the animals there are of an enormous size. The angakut 

 pretend to make journeys thither from time to time. The inhabitants 

 of this island appear to stand on a similar footing to the human 

 race as the Timerseks (se tales 1 and 33). 



It is related that the Kajariaks are a kind of large kaiaks which 

 are used by big and hostile men. When one of these lies alongside of 

 a kaiak, it is so large that the man sitting in it can stick his paddle 

 under the thong of the kaiak and lift it up in the air, upon which 

 he cuts the arms of the kaiaker. These boats are made of wood 

 and are dumpy at both ends. 



') Hanserak relates in his diary: "When tlie Eskimos at the mouth of the Ang- 

 magsalik fjord are out hunting and loose their sealskin float after having 

 stuck tlieir harpoon in a seal, they say that a kind of human heings, called 

 Makiikal, who dwell upon a very high mountain, a little to the north of us, 

 come and steal the seal on which the)' have lost their float: when the man 

 who harpooned it hegins to shout, the}' go down to the hottom of the sea and 

 fetcii away the animal he would otherwise have caught". 



