128 THE CHILDREN OF THE COLD. 



the ground, or the players fail to keep 

 it flying, it is a signal for a rest. Simple 

 as is the game, the little Eskimo manage 

 to gain much fun and excitement from 

 it, and whenever you hear an unusual 

 amount of shouting and loud and bois- 

 terous merriment out-of-doors, you may 

 be almost certain of finding, when you 

 go to your tent door, that all the chil- 

 dren of the village are engaged in a 

 game of " sand-bag ball." 



A favorite Eskimo amusement is one 

 which both the white and Indian boys 

 sometimes play with the bow and arrow. 

 It is to see how many arrows can be kept 

 in the air at one time. The Eskimo 

 boy, with his quiver pulled around over 

 his shoulders so that he can get the 

 arrows quickly and readily, commences 

 shooting them straight up into the air, 



