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Notes. — 1-2. Here we meet with the difficulty that the subject (tarnak:a} 
is in the plural and the verb (ak:erin) in the singular (214 person). In no. 55, 
of which the contents are similar, the grammar is better arranged. The only 
solution I can see is that in the first formula the grammatical rules are ob- 
served less ceremoniously than in the last. As regards im'e:n (im'e in A), when 
I took the record of these formulae I conceived this word to be identical 
with im'inik ‘from the lake, or lakes’, which suits the context in lines 2 and 
6, but not in line 8. Meanwhile, a comparation with no. 55 shows that here 
we possibly have another word before us, viz., im-e ‘self, oneself’ (im-inin ‘of 
oneself’), thus understood by Kuannia also. The point of these formulae is 
that the user cures himself by exhorting his own souls. It is possible that 
this is to be understood analogously with no. 90, where the soul is called back 
from the heavens, and no. 89? 
No. 55. Recovery from Sickness (II). 
Teemiartissaq. 
“My magic formula to make fast robbed souls, unaided” (fa:rnalisina). 
This is the patient’s prescription which, being: cheaper, can be employed 
before it becomes necessary to send for a doctor (angakok). An angakok, 
Qaasüararter by name, had robbed Teemiartissaq of some souls, but she 
made herself healthy by means of this formula. She had formerly bought 
it from Narsinarteq for the price of a hunting-line which she had got from 
her husband. 
ea ea ake 1 Come hither, 
tarn'ak'a ak'e 2 My souls, come hither! 
ea ea nam'ine iwertle 3 Yourselves make ye fast! 
4 My souls, of your own accord creep in! 
ea ea pusaqiartino 5 Again slinking therein (?)! 
ea ea tarn aka ak'e 6 My souls, come in! 
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tarn:ak:a im:e iverte 
Of your own accord make ye fast 
My souls, of your own accord creep in! 
ea ea ime поете 
tarnak:a ime iwerte 
ea ea 
NOTES. — 3-4. iwerte either ‘make ye fast’ or ‘creep in’ (in the small nar- 
rows of my body where you have your home). — 5. pusa- is probably the 
same stem as WGr. pula-. 
No. 56. Against a Boil. 
Anittänne. 
Anittanne had bought this magic song up north from Nuttänneq Pono- 
joortoq, and paid for it with tobacco equal in value to a seal-skin. It seems 
to be an expedient for curing a boil or swelling. 
ea ро’па 1 My boil 
ea ро’ша qærserpara 2 I do my best to get my boil to break, 
ajuwær qarserpara 3 I get my swelling to break, 
ea ajiwarar да‘грага 4 My little swelling I got it broken. 
ea 
NOTES. — qga‘rlip-ara, I get (got) it to break, namely (according to Kuan- 
. hia) by tearing it open with my nails. 
