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the people could hear his kayak, shish, cleaving the water. The 

 giant was badly beaten, but took it goodnaturedly, as, of course, 

 he had to, having challenged the hunters. 



The little dwarf lived for a long time afterwards, and was 

 always much respected by the people. 



The Baffin Island Eskimo of Cumberland sound have a tale 

 of a dwarf who was very strong and a great kayaker. He defeats 

 two young men who had taunted him on account of his small 

 size.^ 



AN ADLIT TALE.^ 



Once an Eskimo found an Adlit girl by the side of a river 

 when he was out hunting. She was starving. All her relatives 

 were dead. So he took her home and adopted her as his daughter. 

 Her name was Ivaranax. 



One day she asked her foster-father for some reindeer fat. 

 She said she was tired of seal meat, and wanted something nice to 

 eat. That made her foster-father angry. So he told her to go to 

 the Adlit and get some reindeer fat. She went out. He could 

 not find her that evening. 



The next morning she returned, dressed in a reindeer-skin 

 coat and eating reindeer fat. The same day all the men went 

 hunting. Then the Adlit, who had followed her, attacked the 

 village. They killed all the women and children but three, who 

 hid under a pile of skins. When the men returned, they found 

 their women and children killed. So they made many arrows 

 and followed the trail of the Adlit. When they came up to 

 their tents, they looked in. The Adlit were eating and laughing. 

 The girl was among them. Then they killed them all but the 

 girl. Her they kept for punishment. They led her out and cut 

 ofT both her arms. She ran off with the blood streaming from 

 her arms. She had not gone far before she fell dead. 



THE GIRL WHO LIVED AMONG THE ADLIT. 



Once an Eskimo scolded his wife for not taking proper care 

 of his boot-soles. She went out along the shore and cried. 



' See Boas, Eskimo of Baffin land and Hudson bay, p. 270. 

 'Adlit, northern Labrador ; AUat, southern Labrador. 



