520 W. THALBITZER. 
contrast to the dictated summary of the singer, shows a very different form 
from the latter and contains much that is unintelligible. Perhaps these are 
partially obsolete words or fragments of words containing shades of meaning 
which my informant has not understood nor included in his dictation. — 
The phonetic text places a great emphasis on the usual, the customary, 
in making mention of the way in which the hunter gets his spotted seal. It 
represents the monologue of the hunter sung on the sea while he is seeking, 
and is reminiscent of a spell, is perhaps indeed a kind of incantation ad- 
dressed to the animals of the deep (the spotted seals), requesting them to 
follow the custom of hanging on to the drag-line toggle of the hunter. 
| DD. 
Refrain: ama''n aja-Ja'l 
ac ililertino 1 Take him as a muster |?) 
nåcærqartarmat 2 When he has got his game out hunting 
arcaærqartarmat 3 When he has got his drag-line toggle in 
the seal 
gqas'iniag näc'aralono 4 Getting hold of a spotted seal. 
arca'ralono 5 Fastening it with his drag-line toggle. 
Phon. 
Refrain: qa’ aja jajaja 5 gasigiar qaj& ata:-r-artew9:ra,d- 
1 gacigilermia qa-açeqa't gat 
2 artarqartarma'rageqa't 6 "als ramws-rareqa:t 
3 gacigiakajä näly-gartama'rare- 7 qasipiakajà: аЁэ``дайатэ`гаце- 
та" та‘! 
4 qasigiar даа näl’s--ra,ews'ra;- 8 qacigilermia гэ`гагета-й 
ägart 9 gacigiar jajà 'näbraiew)-rarama:t 
Мотез. — 1. This line is somewhat enigmatic. It might perhaps also mean: 
‘Draw a picture of it (him) or on it. — 2. (Cf. 6, 7, etc.) -tarma-rageqa‘t 
< far ‘is accustomed’; -ma'r ‘usual, customary’; -age ‘has it for something’; 
-qa't ‘they—to a great extent’ i. e. ‘they (the animals) have largely the custom 
of being wont to—’ (scil. to letting themselves be caught). 
No. 271. Unhappy Woman. 
Aawtaaritaa. 
This song is a variant of no. 173 from Ammassalik, but somewhat more 
detailed, though line 1 of the Ammassalik text is wanting. The singer is a 
woman, making a complaint about the people among whom she has come 
to live after having moved south (perhaps as newly wed). 
Refrain: an'’’na'ija ja‘ja 
awan'anum nunarsitarmeama 1 What a pity it is I have settled here, 
south. 
nin acan шие 2 The very ones who should not be- 
come angry, 
пи ае-паа` а 3 Those I constantly enrage. 
