A TREASUBY OF ESKIMO TALES 



and the women would make him another pair 

 from the skin of the seals he brought home. He 

 hid them all in the hood of his jacket. 



Then one day, he, too, floated off with the tide 

 and never came back. He rowed on for many 

 days and nights, always following the shore. 

 During the terrible storm he had been out of sight 

 of land all he ever cared to be. 



At last he came again to a hut where a lamp 

 was burning, and went to it. But this time he 

 thought it would be well to se.e who was inside 

 before entering. He therefore climbed up to the 

 window and looked through the peep-hole. On 

 the bed sat a woman whose head and whose hands 

 looked like big yellow-and-black spiders. She 

 was sewing; and when she saw the dark shadow 

 before the window she at first thought it was a 

 cloud, but when she looked up and beheld a man, 

 she grasped a big knife and arose, looking very 

 angry. Kiviung waited to see no more. He 

 felt a sudden longing for home, and hastily went 

 on his way. 



Again he traveled for days and nights. At 

 last he came to a land which seemed familiar, and 

 as he went farther he recognized his own country. 

 He was very glad to see some boats ahead of him, 

 and when he stood up and waved and shouted to 



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