J4 6 THE CHILDREN OF THE COLU. 



enough snow blocks to go two or three 

 times around the igloo, if there is no 

 other man in the party, he will tell 

 Boreas to cut the rest ; and the lad gen. 

 erally manages to furnish his father with 

 enough blocks to complete the house. 



After the igloo is finished, the bedding 

 of reindeer skins is taken from the 

 sledge ; but before these go in-doors, the 

 snow that has worked into them (espe- 

 cially if there has been a strong wind 

 during the day) must be beaten off with a 

 snow-stick ; and this comparatively light 

 work generally falls to the children, unless 

 there is a great hurry to get into shelter 

 from some terrible wind, in which case 

 all the party turn to and work with a will. 



When the house is finished, Boreas 

 must see that the dogs are unharnessed 

 and turned loose. The seal-skin harness, 



