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gamusertiwokaje“ 4 Of his mighty sledge. 
puiät imile-"na 5 That time, up there at Puiätteq, 
sup: artertiwokaytk 6 The great abusive beast, 
ima-le: sup'artertiwokajik 7 Just thus (he spoke), the great abusing 
beast: 
mak-iwan‘e pitino 8 For the sake of these, said he, 
ilise'tino mak-e 9 These iliseetsut, said he, 
соо" пе’‘лагра`й 10 Why do they give them to eat, it is said, 
puilin-o: педа‘пек 11 Young seal-meat, it is said 
nam'ineq pe nartine 12 Being in possession of it themselves |?/. 
uwana ртегати`а 13) Did he think of me? 
uwana pis ara wa 14 I am accustomed to get 
llise ceqliama 15 Because I am a great iliseetsoq — 
im'ise llegiawe 16 Just as you are yourself, | 
iliseceqüawe 17 As you indeed are iliseetsog to a great 
extent. 
NOTES. — 1. tarner-, cf. ta‘rmiormaye (WGr. talgormayno) ‘mentioning 
him (it) several times in his drum-song. The uvular r in the first syllabe 
answers to г in WGr. {a‘rmit, plural of fa‘ineq (Fabricius’s dictionary, «тек, 
plural térngit) ‘what one mentions or says of a person in a drum-contest 
song. — 4. The comment (perhaps criticism) of the singer on his opponents 
sled is not quite clear. Its “greatness” perhaps more consists in its plentiful 
cargo of slaughtered game than in its own size. — 5. puidt:at probably а place- 
name, was explained as qa:liartijokaje: ‘a large cave in a rock.’ — 6. imale 
(Sufia) means the same as imin-a, WGr. imän'a. sup:arpon = WGr. nipito:- 
mik oqalut-oq, ogalütortüjokajik qogidnartumik (S. and Kuannia). — 7-9. It is 
doubtful whether the loudly shouting abusive man is identical with the op- 
ponent of the singer, and whether the words which are quoted as his are 
those given Is. 8—9, or those in the following lines. According to Sufia the 
singer speaks for himself from 1. 10. — 8. Or: ‘on account of these.’ — 9. This 
was explained by the informant as unika‘rtortit make perhaps ‘those who 
confess’ (for instance in case of insanity or other sickness). — 10. -по: here as 
often elsewhere is a weak (abbreviated) form of -1`0`4. — 10-12. I do not 
know how the content of this conversation or quotation may be explained. 
It is difficult to find the subject of the verb, 1. 10: According to Sufia the 
iliseetsut, during their search for spirits are (when in solitude like angakkut) 
eaten by an enormous bear spirit. She considers lines 11-12 to belong together: 
the bear itself has seal-meat or keeps it itself. — 12. According to Kuannia. 
— 14-15. Meaning is probably: “Yes, I am the man, — I acknowledge it with 
pride!” — 17. Was explained by unik-artertuiarmat, 1. e. ‘because the man 
confessed, little by little, that he was an iliseetsoq.’ 
No. 202. Announcing Song of the Approaching Opponent. 
Eehre. 
My informant described this song as an old drum song which the wife 
Sings in order to warn her husband. It commences like no: 203. 
