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has learnt to present things in a way that the 

 Eskimo mind can grasp. After a few more 

 exercises with the table-book I saw the little 

 eyes becoming restless ; thoughts were be 

 ginning to wander ; and Benjamin called for 

 a change. Shock-headed little Moses fetched 

 the books out of the cupboard, and handed 

 them round, and the chubby faces brightened 

 again. 



Benjamin announced a psalm, and the little 

 fingers grew busy as they turned the pages ; 

 and then I saw first one boy and then another 

 stand up to spell through a verse. It was 

 really wonderful to watch the eager way in 

 which they pursued the alarming strings of 

 letters that stretched from margin to margin, 

 and gathered them into syllables under 

 Benjamin s guidance, and made out the proper 

 meaning. When the psalm was finished Moses 

 collected the books ; then the children sang 

 a hymn and ran out to romp in the snow. 



