Note 27 — Chapter IX · FURTHER STAY IN FRIEDRICHSTHAL. JOURNEY VIÂ IGIKAIT TO NENNORTALIK.[26]

“Tornik” is the plural of “Tunek,” originally the Esquimaux name for the North American Indians a word, therefore, which the Greenlanders have brought with them from North America. They apply it now to fabulous creatures, who are supposed to dwell in the interior, far from the coast. They are twice the size of men, though of human form; and they are supposed to be generally hostile, though capable at times of rendering good service. (Rink.)