72 THE CHILDREN OF THE COLD. 



a ton, and slide it backward and forward 

 a distance of two or three feet without 

 any unusual effort. If Toolooah iced 

 the sledge on the side of a hill, and, 

 thoughtlessly turning it over, allowed it 

 to point downhill, away it would go like 

 a frightened horse, unless it was stopped. 



Our worst luck would be to have some 

 half-hidden stone tear the ice from one 

 of the runners, when it would drag as if 

 a treble-sized load had been added. But 

 whether little Boreas's sled be made of 

 ice or wood he is nearly as fond of a 

 sled-ride as the little boys in better cli- 

 mates, and probably would be found as 

 often in the week enjoying one, if his 

 winter time were as short ; but as his 

 winter is three or four times as long as 

 ours, he grows tired of the sport, in time. 



Most of the sled-rides of our boys are 



