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Show MALLEBY] DEPARTURE AND DIRECTION. 149 The following is the text in the same dialect last mentioned, with translation: Hui a- qtci- kua a- xl& miin nu- n& miin, am- li6- ka mfi'- ik ha- w&- xa- lua, I go ( to) another place, many sleeps ( settlement) ( nighte) taw&- n!, tea- II' hui a- ni- qHi- a. there, then I return. The drawing presented in Figure 49 was made by a native Alaskan, and represents information to the effect that the artist contemplates making a journey to hunt deer. The drawing is made upon a narrow strip of wood, and placed somewhere about the door of the house, where visitors will readily perceive it. FIG. 49.- Alaskan notice of hunt. 1. Represents the contour lines of the country and mountain peaks. 2. Native going away from home. 3. Stick placed on hill- top, with bunch of grass attached, pointing in the direction be has taken. 4. Native of another settlement, with whom the traveler remained over uight. 5. Lodge. 6. Line representing the end of the first day, i. e., the time between two days; rest. 7. Traveler again on the way. 8. Making signal that on second day ( right hand raised with two extended fingers) he saw game ( deer, 9) on a hill- top, which he secured, so terminating his journey. 9. Deer. Figures 50, 51, and 52 were drawn by Naumoff, uuder the circumstances above mentioned, and signify " Have gone home." FIG. 50.- Alaskan notioe of direction. His explanation of Figure 50 is as follows: When one of a hunting party is about to return home and wishes to inform his companions that he has set out on such return, he ascends the hill- top nearest to which they became separated, where he ties a bunch of grass or other light colored material to the top of a long stick or pole. The lower end of the stick is placed firmly in the ground, leaning in the direction taken. When another hill is ascended, another stick with |