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the scarcity of wood among the Eskimo, 

 and what funny notions some of them 

 have about timber growing on the bot- 

 tom of the sea and the drifting ice break- 

 ing it off. Well, since wood is so scarce 

 that all they can get must be utilized to 



A SLED MADE OF ICE. 



make their real sleds, harpoon and spear 

 shafts, etc., leaving none or very little to 

 be made into toy representations of 

 these things, little Boreas looks else- 

 where for material for his coasting sled ; 

 and he makes it of what do you think ? 



