56 THE CHILDREN OF THE COLD. 



tfre* handle of the cup points when it 



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 has stopped turning is the victor, aad 



can appropriate the contents of the cup. 

 This game is not so much played by the 

 children as by the old women of the 

 tribe, and I am sorry to say that this 

 simple game is often used by them as a 

 means of gambling. When the person 

 to whom the handle has pointed has 

 taken out the article placed in the cup 

 (or alongside it, if it be too large), some 

 other article must be placed in it or 

 alongside it, and a brisk twirl is then 

 given it that sends it spinning around 

 again for four or five times before it 

 settles to a rest and the handle desig- 

 nates the new victor. I have said this 

 is a kind of gambling, because the lucky 

 one often puts in the musk-ox horn cup 

 things much more valuable than are 



