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it from Smith Sound.! Complete comprehension will be attained only through 
my records from Ammassalik. Teemiartissaq had heard the poem (the fable) 
from her father’s father in Sermilik, but remembered only a part of it by 
heart. However, she recognized the rest of the fable, when I quoted it 
according to my West Greenland variant (cf. notes to line 9). Ajukutooq was 
the one who knew the poem best. 
Al and A? 
mil’ imiawon 
ga‘ riuluk 
quse:q nunamun 
tutsumawon. ak: erpoq 
ep gortora kim'iarpa', qanikat-a- 
mun mip-on. quse-q tiniwog ima'ne 
mip:on po'mip‘on. quse'q oqarpon. 
Gull 
gawara дашага qawara: 
kisikån:a kim-iarpe:k 
Raven 
em mikiartiwa 
gortorartiwa 
a’ n”erliwag 
kim:tarpara 
ne-wara 
. Gull 
gawara qawara gawara' 
ilarnin meakula-!ciän:a 
Raven 
gagagagagqgar 
lat a rita татада’га 
ila: pic’ an‘ И 
uwana mamaqa'ra 
(Al tawa mim:at atanin sit a- 
mun ujarserpog,amoa: kaporniaragq, 
he-wa:. ta Wa ne-mane****: 
[A?]ta-wa qa‘rtulup eamape qu- 
seg umanin ke'siwon ne:läc'a:me:7 
ta‘wa amoa: kaporniaraq amona- 
men nunamun Ипа‘, ne‘wa qa'r- 
A gull had alighted and landed 
on the ground. The raven ap- 
proached with a human thigh in 
its beak, and settled close by. 
The gull flew away, settled on 
the water, and swam. The gull 
said: 
1 Listen you raven, raven, raven! 
What is it down there you 
have in your beak? — 
№2 
3 À large half rotten 
4 Human thigh, 
5 Very tender from rottenness, 
6 I have it in my beak, 
1 I eat 1 — 
8 Listen you raven, raven, raven! 
9 Give me a little piece to take 
home with me! 
10 (The raven’s voice) 
11 I am very fond of your piece 
too [?] 
12 You shall not get any part 
13 I like it too much myself. 
(A!) Then, after having alighted, 
the gull went hunting for food close 
to the beach, drew up a salmon 
and devoured it. After having eat- 
EN — 
(А?) Then, as the raven wouldn't 
part with it, the gull dived down 
into the sea for food, and drew 
up a salmon. After having drawn it 
1 Phon. Study (1904) p. 312, no. 104; Kroeber (1899). 
