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night up inland. The next day they saw a man out hunting with 

 his itaarten in his hand. They went up to him. He was hunting 

 there together with his wife, because they had no children. "Whence 

 come you?" asked the man. "We come from over yonder, for all 

 the others have been slain". Then the man and his wife ran a 

 race to see which the}' should have as their foster-son. The woman 

 was the first to touch the elder brother, and so she won him, and 

 her husband the younger one. As they grew up, they hardened 

 themselves by going out in the cold in winter to fetch sea-weed, 

 and they exercised their strength by lifting great stones. When 

 they were almost full-grown, the 3'ounger brother died. The elder 

 brother, whose name was Kunuk, was quite cast down with grief, but 

 he soon began again to exercise his strength. He now began to 

 hunt, and became a skilful hunter. When he grew older, he mar- 

 ried a beautiful wife. 



Ungilataki had a way of killing men who had beautiful wives, 

 in order to take their wives himself. When Kanuk had married, 

 Ungilataki coveted his wife; so he challenged him to a drum-match, 

 although Kunuk did not know how to sing. Ungilataki had for his 

 accomplice a fat little man, a very strong fellow, whose name was 

 Ususugmiarsuk. He shared wives with him. Before Kunuk started 

 on his journey to Ungilataki, his fosther-mother sang over his 

 anorak, in order that Ungilataki might not be able to harm him. 

 He then set off with an umiak to Ungilataki, but the foster-parents 

 remained at home. They told him as he departed that if he slew 

 Ungilataki, he should bring a dog and a man home with him. He 

 now set off on his way thither, and arriving after the fall of dark- 

 ness, made his way into the house. Ungilataki had a large house 

 and many wives, whom he had taken from those he challenged to 

 drum-matches. At this time he had already carried off Kunuk's 

 wife, and the latter was unable to find her. No one would tell 

 him where she was, as they did not want Ungilataki to kill them. 

 Kunuk now discovered his wife over on the platform; for 

 Ungilataki had already taken her as his fourth wife, having a mind 

 to kill Kunuk. The drum-match was now to take place, and the 

 two opponents took up a position, each at his end of the house. 

 Ungilataki came forward and began to sing. As a drum-stick he 

 used a big knife (pana), it being his way to stab those with whom 

 he had the drum-match. When he had got to the end of one 

 chant, he began another one. As the latter reached its close, the 

 housemates cried out and warned Kunuk, saying: "Now he is going 

 to have at you!" Ungilataki aimed, Kunuk made himself small by 

 dropping down on his hams, the knife was hurled and Kunuk leapt 



