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ous in spring and summer, though not to the same extent as farther east. In 

 many places near the coast we found the remains of Eskimo caches, and stones 

 set up for deer-drives. Cockburn point is called Aiyeyak, and the two .small 

 islands off it Piyumaleksiakuk. ,. , . j. ,_■ u • i ^^o 



East of Akulliakattak or Akunnik is Noahogmk, a district which includes 

 all that broad triangular peninsula that has its apex at Locker point. Mere tne 

 country is more irregular, with the ridges higher and the laktes more numerous. 

 Fish are very abundant, and many caribou pass through on their annual migra- 

 tion to and from Victoria island. Bernard harbour is an excellent wintering 

 place for small schooners, but the Eskimos have no name for it, though the small 

 bay next to it, on its eastern side, is called Ugyuksiorvik. Off the entrance to 

 the harbour lies Chantry island, Kikiktaryuak, the "Big island," so named because 

 it is much larger than the tiny islets and reefs that fringe the coast. In 1914 some 

 of the local Eskimos passed the interval between the summer's hunting and the 



Figure 1. — Eskimo camp beside a fishing lake behind Bernard harbour 



winter's sealing on its northern extremity, for food was scarce, and the men 

 could hunt for seals in the broken ice off the point while the women stayed at 

 home and sewed their winter garments. Other natives gathered at the mouth 

 of a small creek, Nulahugyuk, four miles east of Bernard harbour, which issues 

 out of a large lake named Hingittok or Hingiktok, a few miles inland. In spring 

 large numbers of salmon migrate up this stream to the lake, and at the same 

 time, or usually perhaps a little later, there is a seaward migration of the young 

 salmon out of the lake itself. In 1916 the migration up-stream began in May. 

 Towards the end<of June it ceased, and nearly all the Eskimos who had gathered 

 there to' fish went inland. But a few days later the young fish, probably two 

 seasons old, began to come down, and at the same time there was a renewal of 

 the upstream migration of the larger salmon. Only one family of Eskimos had 

 remained behind, and they reaped all the benefit. Generally three or four 

 schools, each numbering from six to thirty-six fish, would enter the stream 

 within the twenty-four hours. 



