1 8 THE CHILDREN OF THE COLD. 



clothing, among the reindeer skins that 

 make the bed, where it amuses itself with 

 any thing it can lay its hands on, from a 

 hatchet to a snow-stick. This stick is 

 much like a policeman's club, and is used 

 for knocking snow off of the reindeer 

 clothes ; for when the Eskimo come in- 



AN 'ESKIMO LAMP. 



doors, they all take off their outside suit 

 and beat it with this stick, to rid it of the 

 snow that covers them. 



You doubtless think little Boreas 

 should have a nice time rolling around to 

 his heart's content on the soft, warm rein- 

 deer skins ; but when I tell you more 



