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111 

 31. ^ tnraqki I qnwKoa \ tdtianprfxq {or xluarquf'd'q) | «•"- 



Å-anriarit'e \ at-orniäri-uant-'e \ 4tilul4m-ut \ кЧишФггп'пЬ ' 



iDvaqa- ja-ha- ja-ijw 



How are matters | (withj tliera down south | (with) him with the 

 thick cheeks | please travel (2. pers. plur.) | please take the oppor- 

 tunity ^ I to the mussel-place 1 to the place of sea scorpions | how are 

 matters | aja . . . | 



^ cf. 110.63 (Qar.) '' or perhaps: keep on, be lively! 



32.' aica- qattorun-a \ alarjmrse \ tusanria \ nät-sersuaq 

 iluliåii-uamut \ pituX'Orio \ toquk-a- ! uaiia I атцтщаггага-гопе \ 

 ktiiO'wät'akü"'s-apdq \ 



I How is it with him | your Alapa"^ | I have heard about him 

 (that) a liooded seal | to a little ice-bedecked mountain | he bound 

 it I the one that he killed | 1 | when he put his seal-lance in it j it 

 sprawled wildly (?) [ 



' cf. no. 91 {Oiitnt.). '' Alapa is a historical person (born about 1810?). 

 He belonged to the Kskimo settlement Omaniitsiaq. v. Atnaqagdliutit 



1S99, no. 7 (p. 97). 



d. Drum- songs from Cape Uperniwlk [Uperniwiup 

 N ly a on Oommannaq Fjord I. 



33. ^ j'(i'"Ja' I qu /re' äs- 071' a I a'i<*'i«- | uj'^dsiso'ria \ lup^a- 

 sins'O'tia' I ujasiso'ii'a \ ajci'jd' \ qu?re*jäs-0'iia \ 



ta-aja \ I lose (have lost) my lamp | aja aja \ I am going to 

 search (for it) | aja \ I am going to search for the tobacco | aja 

 I am going to search (for it) | aja \ I have lost my lamp | 



' Tobias M. said that this song referred to an event which he remem- 

 bered hearing about. There once lived an old couple in this place, Cape 

 Uperniwik in Oommannaq Fjord, which had formerly been a small tradinL'- 

 place. The husband was called Inahuuj, the wife, Unaralak, and they 

 were both angahoqs. They were born over on "Ubekendte Eiland" at 

 lÅ/.orsuit, which at that time (about 1845) was still only a little Eskimo 

 settlement. One day they took a trip over to the island together with 

 another family for the purpose of reindeer-hunting. The family they were 

 with had taken colfee and sugar along. The two old people remained in 



