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the hunter almost stumbles upon it, the 

 father will take his bow and arrows, or 

 his gun, if he be fortunate enough to own 

 one, and giving the best-trained hunting- 

 dog in charge of Boreas himself, they 

 start out reindeer hunting. Boreas puts 

 a harness on the dog, ties the trace 

 around his own waist, or holds it in his 

 hands, and follows his father out into 

 the fog. 



Of course, the older Eskimo has some 

 idea of where the reindeer will be grazing 

 or resting, and he soon finds out which 

 way the wind is blowing over the place 

 where he suspects the reindeer to be. 

 Then, with Boreas and the dog, he goes 

 around in such a way that the game will 

 not be disturbed, to some place where 

 the wind, blowing over the reindeer, will 

 come toward the hunters. As soon as 



