CHAPTER V. 



FEEDING THE DOGS. 



of the first toys that little Bo- 

 reas has is a small bow of whalebone 

 or light wood ; and sitting on the end of 

 the snow bed he shoots his toy arrows, 

 under the direction of his father or 

 mother or some one else who cares to 

 play with him, at something on the 

 other side of the snow house. This is 

 usually a small piece of boiled meat, of 

 which he is very fond, stuck in a crack 

 between the snow blocks ; and if he hits 



