CHAPTER VIII. 



ATHLETIC AMUSEMENTS. 



'"PHERE is one kind of play in which 

 -* the Eskimo boys seem always ready 

 to indulge a roll downhill. They select 

 a small but steep hill, or incline, well-cov- 

 ered with snow, and, seating themselves 

 on the top of the ridge, thrust their 

 heads between their legs, pass their 

 clinched, gloved hands over their ankles, 

 pressing their legs as closely against 

 their bodies as possible. They thus 

 really make themselves into big balls 



