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stone, and then got hold of the rope and pulled 

 all together ! 



It sounded very simple ; but I looked again 

 at those great corner-stones and wished that I 

 had been there to see the pulling. 



I understood it better during the afternoon, 

 for the wind grew stronger, and the oarsmen 

 were unable to row the lighters ashore. The 

 work of unloading threatened to come to a 

 stop, and the captain dared not delay with the 

 Labrador winter treading on his heels. " Ajor- 

 narpok " (it cannot be done), said the men at 

 the oars. " All right," said the captain, 

 " get a rope get the women get everybody, 

 and let them all pull." As soon as the word 

 went round there was a stampede to the jetty ; 

 women came rushing out of the huts, tying 

 bandanna handkerchiefs over their heads to 

 keep their hair tidy in the wind ; children 

 raced from house to house, gathering their 

 friends. " Come and pull," was the password. 



By the time the people were ready the rope 

 had been tied to the lighter and passed ashore. 

 The mate on the ship blew his whistle ; the 

 man in charge of the rope on the jetty waved 

 his hand in answer and yelled to the people. 

 " Atte " (get at it), he shouted, and the people 

 began to pull. 



They tramped along the jetty, clinging to 



