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rwp'ut I arnalik iserame ahie oqar^iifa' | so-rmako aifutit oqa- 

 lut'iit I arna' пгА'Щ -ilaq \ kamalerpoq arne unatalerpw \ kcsa 

 oqar<piiia' \ suari'O'rin'a \ quk'oriiarsu'p ariisorsu'p neris'ua'tiri'O'q \ 

 arnalik tæmak апщате iserpoq \ tupime qanåriue erqup'a't | 

 sanalerporXo qas'uliorXune \ etc. 



Arnalik^ it is told, him (you know), | was about to set 

 out on a reindeer-hunt in (the valley of) the Qord | having his 

 settlement in Ilumannak. \ There they used to capture reindeer 

 at the upper end of ItuwÅeq Fjord. | There were numbers of 

 reindeer. | When Arnalik had filled his big skin-boat with the 

 game, | he used to return home at the beginning of winter, | 

 and when it again became spring, he again started out reindeer- 

 hunting. I Once when some of his country-men came into their 

 hunting district around the fjord, ] they said: What does this 

 mean? | are the reindeer beginning to stay away (decrease in 

 numbers)? | perhaps because they are beginning to be afraid 

 of something. | Quite right! when some of them once, after 

 having wandered afoot all day, came (in there), | they said: at 

 the entrance to the big plain | we saw a worm [quX'oriiaq)^^ 

 a terribly big one; | out of fear of it the reindeer have dis- 

 appeared. I The men coming to each other in crowds, talked 

 about it. I Arnalik went in (into the house) and said to his 

 mother: | why are these men talking together? | his mother 

 said nothing. | He became angry and began to beat her. | Finally 

 she said: | that other one (that one out there) is said to 

 be a bad one^ | the big QuX'oriiaq will eat you, it is said!| 

 Arnalik ceased, went out and came in (again) | carrying in 

 the supporting beams of bis tent, | and began to set to work 



• The word is used to signify a caterpillar, but has probably been 

 used about larger animals (eels or snakes?) in previously inhabited districts. 

 Kleinschmidt (Dictionary p. 154) connects it with the verb qn/.Hpnr^, is folded 

 together, lies in two (or several) layers. 



' suafi'orin-a Obsolete. The expression may possibly refer to the son: 

 He takes violent hold, or He is a bad one when he thrashes, it is said. 



