50 THE CHILDREN OF THE COLD. 



these trifling affairs, so easily are the) 

 amused. 



One of the most common toys that I 

 found in use among them was called noo- 

 glook-took or noo-glook-takk, or, as it 



might be called in our language, " Pin 





 and Cup-ball." On page 53 is seen an end 



and side view of the toy. It consists of 

 two pieces, generally of walrus ivory, 

 united by a string of reindeer sinew 

 about six inches long. The ivory or 

 wooden pin is about as long as the fore- 

 finger, and its smaller end is sharpened 

 to about the size of a knitting-needle. 

 One end of the ivory "cup-ball" is bored 

 as full of holes as possible, and the* 

 object of the game is simply to impale 

 the "cup-ball "on the pin by thrusting 

 the latter in one of the holes. This is 

 done, as shown in the illustration, by 



