rding to custom. It is believed that the qualities of the
dead are thus transferred to the living namesake.

[3] Umiak: a large boat, as distinct from the small kayak.

[4] The first dress worn by a child is supposed to act as a charm
against wounds if the former wearer can put it on when a grown man.

[5] The story-teller speaks the dwarf's part throughout in a hurried
and jerky manner, to illustrate the little man's shyness.

[6] A heavy burden carried on the back is supported by a strap or
thong passing over the forehead.

[7] I.e. a creature fashioned by an enemy, after the same manner as
a Tupilak.

[8] A small black mollusc.

[9] The star is that which we know as Venus. "Listening": perhaps as
the old man had stood listening for the breathing of the seal.

[10] A game played with rings and a stick; the "ring and pin game."

[11] Lit., "Meat Dish."

[12] Speckled seal may often be caught in this fashion.

[13] The souls of the dead are supposed to be born again in the body
of one named after them.

[14] There is a fabulous being in Eskimo folklore supposed to have
cheeks of copper, with which he can deliver terrible blows by a side
movement of the head. Naughty children are frequently threatened with
"Copper-cheeks" as a kind of bogey.

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