64 b 



Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



L. (a) The Longspur 



Proceed as in the last figure up to the stage marked ^. At that point, turning 

 the httle fingers inward, take up with the palm of the right little finger the left 

 ulnar little finger string, and with the palm of the left little finger the right 

 radial little finger string, then draw these loops through one another. 



Proceed as in "the ducks." You have "the longspur." 



Fig. 70 



Chant : 



qopanyoq ica^a-a-a 



ejiyXaum nuyurjyan qamayyani 



cio-oq cio-oq cioq 

 Then, dropping the thumb loops: 



nukdtpiayulodluyoq 

 tiyipqalaqpak 



The longspur its wing. 



At the foot of a mountain on its sheltered 



side 

 (The bird's note). 



Two small boys made it fly away. 



