CHAPTER IV, 



ESKIMO SLEDS COASTING. 



n^HE number of toys that represent 

 ^ articles of daily use, and which are 

 so common among us, such as toy wagons, 

 toy sleds, toy railroad trains, and a 

 hundred others, are very limited among 

 the Eskimo ; and most of their amuse- 

 ments, as I have said, are confined to 

 their simple games. If you should 

 wish to make a toy sledge, you, of 

 course, would need to have some wood 

 to build it from. I have told you of 



