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cause they are of the same color as 

 the snow and, therefore, can not be seen 

 by the wolf or bear who is out seal-hunt- 

 ing. The Eskimo, however, when he 

 comes to one of these igloos, has an 

 instrument like a long knitting-needle, 

 which he sticks in through the blow-hole, 

 and, working it around, soon finds out 

 whether any babies are to be kidnapped 

 from Mother Seal's snow house 



