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June 2: A ceremonial dance was given in honour of Nilgak and his family. A 

 good deal of sporadic trading now took place between the Kanghiryuak 

 and the Puivlik natives. 



June 3: One or two natives went hunting. During the day the Kanghiryuak 

 families gave a return dance to express their appreciation of the welcome 

 that they had received. Some of the Eskimos retired to their tents about 

 midnight, and were visited by others who were anxious to learn the new 

 dance-songs they had just been hearing. Nilgak and his wife Utuaiyok 

 taught Ikpakhuak's people a Kanghiryuak song/ and were taught a Puivlik 

 song in return. 



Fig. 42. Dressing for a dance, Lake Tahirjoiak, S.W. Victoria island 



June 4: Food being plentiful, the natives spent the day in camp, gossiping. 

 Most of them went into the dance-house in the afternoon and held an 

 informal dance. 



June 5: A farewell dance was held in the morning, after which the Puivhk 

 natives loaded up their sleds and set out on the return journey to Lake 

 Numikhoin. Kanneyuk and another child were asleep when we left, and 

 did not overtake us till the evening. Ikpakhuak went off to fish as soon as 

 the tents were erected, though the other natives tried to dissuade him 

 saying that everyone was too tired. Higilak divined again in the evening, 

 the Eskimos being perturbed because one of my dogs had barked suddenly 

 without any apparent reason; they feared that it foreboded some one's 

 death. 2 



June 6: We continued our journey to Lake Numikhoin, stopping at Lake 

 Angmaloktok to fish. Avranna and Pissuak turned aside to hunt and 

 secured two caribou. We reached Lake Numikhoin late in the evening. 



June 7 — 18: Up till now we had lived largely on caribou meat, but from this date 

 until the fall caribou were comparatively scarce. Only one more herd was 

 seen migrating north. Accordingly, during the next few weeks the Eskimos 

 gave most of their attention to fishing, making Lake Numikhoin their 

 centre. We would rise about noon, and after a light meal of semi-dried 



'This song is included in a collection of phonographic records brought back by the expedition; it is 

 hoped to publish thein in a later volume. 



2Cf. Stefansson, Anthrop. Papers, A.M.N.H., Vol. XIV, pt. I, p. 343. 



