176 b 



Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



The loops now slide up the side strings towards the other person's indices; 

 just above where they cross is a large diamond, "the body of the fish"; "the 

 head" is beyond, close to the indices, and "the bifid tail" is represented by the 

 two loops behind, one on each side. ' 



Chant : 



tayiax\uqicta-aq atqaqictaqtoq Tariaxluqistaq went down into the water. 



taxakun taxakun Through the base of its tail 



nuvdiho He passed a line. • 



At the word nuvdik-o thread the loop held in the hand from above through 

 the diamond and draw it out again on the other side. The figure dissolves, 

 leaving only the loops round the other person's indices as in the earlier stage of 

 the figure. "The man" has strung a line through the base of "the fish's tail" 

 and drags it away. 



Fig. 228 



CLVI. hiktoyaqtojyuk 



The meaning of this name is unknown. The figure comes from Coronation 

 gulf, but appears to be a simplified version of the preceding figure, "the flounder." 

 All the earlier movements in each figure are the same, but the later movements 

 in "the flounder" are omitted in hihtjyaqtjjyuk. 



Loop one end of the string over both the other person's indices. 



Pass both hands into the other end of the loop from below and, turning the 

 hands downward over their side strings, allow the wrist loops to fall over them. 



With each index draw out through each hand loop the string that runs 

 between the other person's indices, drawing your left index string through the 

 left hand loop and the right index string through the right hand loop. 



