L/TTLE BOREAS'S PL A Y THINGS. 45 



are the favorite playthings of the young 

 heir. His mother makes him a number 

 of doll dog-harnesses for the puppies, 

 fixes him up a dog-whip almost like his 

 father's, and then he amuses himself 

 harnessing them, hitching them to a 

 hatchet, the water-bucket, or any object 

 that is at hand, and driving them around 

 in the igloo and storm igloo, or out 

 of doors, when the weather is very 

 pleasant. 



By this time, of course, little Boreas 

 is able to walk, and he has a nice suit of 

 clothes for outdoor wear, made of the 

 softest skins of the reindeer fawns, 

 trimmed with rabbit and eider-duck skin. 

 As soon as the puppies get a little 

 bigger, the larger boys take them in 

 hand, and by the time they are old 

 enough to be used for work in the 



