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it the beads at the beginning of the whip-part, where there is only 

 a plaiting of knots; nor the strap to hold the coil to the stock. 



The tethering swivel (fig. 80) consists of two pieces of bone, a 

 flat plate (immulisaa) with three (or five) holes and a cylindrical 

 peg with a head {qitV^aata) which turns round in the middle hole. 

 The tether of the dog thus consists of two straps; the one can be 



Fig. 78. Miniature sledge, a boy's toy, from Nualik (Amdrup coll. 



a 



Fig. 79. a Eye for dog-traces. 

 Ъ Toggle button. (Amdrup coll.). 



Fig. 80. Swivel for a dog's tether. 

 (Amdrup coll.). 



fixed in the collar strap, which the dog always bears round the 

 neck and in the bone-plate; the other in the lower end of the peg, 

 which has a hole bored in it, and in a wedge in the ground or to 

 a stone. The swivel prevents the tether getting into knots when the 

 dog moves round the centre of his area in the same direction. — 

 The dogs are only set free when thej' are to be harnessed to the 

 sledge. Otherwise they remain tied up day and night in the neigh- 



