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the tossing, foaming water. Koomanah 

 grasped the other child in his arms, and, 

 staggering and plunging over the ice, 

 the tossing and turning of which grew 

 worse as he neared its outer edge, he- 

 managed to throw the baby he had saved 

 close to a kiak, and then threw himself 

 after it. Both were picked up and were 

 soon safe in their home, which, though 

 made desolate by the loss of one little 

 one, had still two left, one of whom 

 would be acknowledged as a little hero 

 the world over. 



Ahwanak's adventure was even more 

 exciting, though he had no little children 

 m his charge. 



He had gone with his big brother 

 Iquiesek and with Nannook, a splendid 

 hunter of the village, on a walrus hunt. 

 The three were caught on an ice-floe, or 



