134 b 



Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



The chant at Barrow runs: 

 tupikkci qiKiqcyoqdun 

 tupikkci qCKiqc^oqciun 

 akXunaluiyoluciXuni 

 t iyiqcydlui-yoluciKuni 

 qikiqcyoqciya qCKiqcyoqcirja 



Tie up your spirits. 



Tie up your spirits. 



Use up your old rope for it. 



Use up your old trousers' belt for it. 



Tie me up, tie me up. 



CXVI. Two Mice 



This figure, avifjdtciak, "two small mice," seems to be restricted to the 

 Mackenzie river region. 



Opening C. 



Turn the palms downward and, dropping the thumb-index string on each 

 hand over the upper trarsverse string, lift up that string through the loop with 

 the back of each thumb from the proximal side. 



Transfer the thumb loops to the indices. 



Pass the thumbs under the lower transverse string from the proximal side, 

 insert each into the loop that passes round the upper transverse string on the 

 same side, draw down with the back of each thumb its ulnar string, and turn 

 the thumbs upward again on the proximal side of all the strings, each bearing 

 this loop. 



Invert the loop on each thumb to straighten it. 



With each thumb from the proximal side take up the radial index string. 

 Navaho the thumbs and drop the index loops. 



You have "the two mice," one on each side. 



Fig. 177 



