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Nores.— 4. ‘One with a (large) eye-tooth’ ({ule:‘ia'k, viz. ‘the tusk of the 
walrus’). The termination -åta is not clear to me. Elsewhere (no. 108) we have 
the same word in the form Це (< tule-ialik?). 
No. 63. Hunting Seals that have Crept onto the Ice. 
Umeerinneq. 
Formula for luck in securing a seal that has crept up onto the ice. The 
hunters crawl along the ice towards the sleeping seal to slay it. Kuannia 
presumed that the formula had been used by a hunter who had been ill, or 
who had become abstinent after a death. 
:ea ea sume паа-шоа :/ 1 Where do I crawl on my stomach? 
:ea ea ulusame nala-woa :| 2 On the ice I crawl on my stomach. 
-ea ea una ke: рПа-шага :/ 3 What sort of a one shall I slay? 
"ea ea ki’ kuludt-iar pila-wara:} 4 A common seal I shall slay. 
ea ea ajl?n:a"tua :| 5 I am quite recovered. 
No. 64. Success when Hunting (III). 
Anittanne. 
On the hunter’s departure to hunt on the ice, his wife or his mother 
furnished him with the following magic formula, to secure him good fortune. 
ea iker а‘тада: 1 The bay is thawing hard, 
ea рийте amaqa 2 For the seals it is thawing hard, 
ea piläsan'on 3 For the benefit of your game, 
ea anilås:ån'on 4 For the benefit of your catch. 
ea piläsan'on 5 For the benefit of your game. 
ea 
Notes. — 1-2. “The bay” viz. the ice in the bay. а‘`тада` is said of the 
ice when, in the spring, it begins to have holes, and to be insecure. “When 
there is open water for the seals.” — 4-5. About as in no. 65, 1. 9-10. 
No. 65. Success when Hunting in Kaiak. 
Angittanne. 
Anittanne got this magic formula from Kilime in the north. His pay- 
ment for it was the foreshaft of a lance, the point of a bird-dart, and a 
dipper. It is used by the kaiak paddler to allure seals or bears. 
ea awale-n 1 The ness 
awale:ce'rpara 2 I am about to ness it. 
ea awale:r 3 The ness 
ea olarpara 4 I am about to round it. 
ea зипати)`а tuniwa'ma 5 What will it give me? 
ea sünamin’a utum'e tuniwa'ra 6 What will it give me to-day? 
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