434 W. THALBITZER. 
women hunting seals on the ice use, when they have no harpoons, “a small 
wooden club, with which they strike the seal on the nose, killing it.” (See 
Boas, 1888, p. 485). It would even seem probable that the two wooden “blubber- 
pounders” in Boas’ illustrations, which originate from Netchillik (Boas, 1907, 
p. 402, fig. 199) show us a related type of instrument. The Northeast Green- 
land variation is of a more simple form, whether it may be called a “club” 
(awa:rta ®t) or a “blubber pounder” (kauarsit, Kleinschmidt Ordb. р. 162). 
[М] No. 225. Qilaatuaq. 
Mitsuarnianya AX. 
This tale belongs to the series of heroic legends, though perhaps it 
is not one of the oldest tales but one of more local origin. At any rate 
the form is in the old style, and the tale filled with action, blood, murder 
and magic. The stereotype repeated questions (in the beginning) are not 
lacking, nor the assurance (toward the close) that this hero was among the 
greatest, invincible, so that even death could hardly vanquish him. He ap- 
pears with his son and brother-in-law (or son-in-law, the same word is used 
for both in the Eskimo language) — he belongs to a family dynasty. Another 
old characteristic is the metamorphosis of the three persons to animals 
AN. 
ta wane qamusertat qamusetarpun ke"mut savriarput pilergap ant- 
me-wan ilulittamut qaqip:u" ilulitamun itiwinarsimariarpun” qim'ine 
00 5 ni k: ki i -sulup: (22) ar ila'- 
neqe"lerpai nunup'a't nunuk'amik'i ime’sulup'ut® ernera oqarpoq qila 
tuartije tusæmawon qila'tuar ni?tin'ilaq & ernera oqarqip:on qila'tuar- 
tije tusamawon niYtoqinilar& niyda'rtujok'djea ogarpon qila'tuartije 
tusæ mawon qila'tuar oqarpon e" tusa'mawda ernum'in nixisimatim’e®) 
qilatuar elo'rpor apa nulia”kalertliyo a'p'a' nuliarargalertiyo apa ki- 
pisimaler apa kipisiman iter ilili”ter gariagin üersilerpa ser’alerpor 
nizisimatime erp'ume® пта’пе sapa та ki®tue'simap'ät nulia- 
mini nizisimamima'rpor ta wa in arpoq®) are ku, orneiarpa nulia min ik 
nixisimap:on ililiag qaiane isersiik'ane ® orneiarniarpa sine sı nilertino 
ernilijokaje a imtayttarmat imærsiarpon gilatuar®” ernine за‘ра’ oana 
ime'qa'tinaliwarina imerqariYk'o nuwcsayigaliwar“) at dk i шегзИегде- 
агро areku, orniarniarpai imarqikelarter ® nina rlujokaje sa imeiås- 
ake‘tara qua ®lua ogarpon uwana imerqa'tiwara ajertino owana imer- 
