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that he liked to joke with me but '69
that he hoped to ask me for any tobacco.
Just then, without knowing what
he had said, I gave him what I had
left in a package and a great laugh
went up, which I did not under-
stand till K. R. explained. Then
Egingrah said that I was an angiskot,
and had read his thoughts. My
name here is Doctor Savitsuah
- or big iron material from which
knives are made. They don't make
the "h" sound so Storey becomes
Savi = Savik and its"sual" is
a token of respect. Eg. Eksuah, Doc-
torsuah (for Dr. Hunt), Cornisuah for
Captain Corner - but "corni" is "couse",
hence he is the big couse.
Bergs were frequently cracking
with great noise. On our way back