A TEEASUEY OF ESKIMO TALES 



the Moon was very friendly to him and showed 

 him all around the house and let him look into a 

 small building near the entrance. 



In this building there were large herds of deer 

 which seemed to be roaming over vast plains. 

 The Man in the Moon said, " You may choose 

 one of these for your own," and as soon as he did 

 so the animal fell through a hole and alighted on 

 the earth right by the conjurer's hut. 



In another building there were many seals 

 swimming in a* ocean, and he was allowed to 

 choose one of these, which also fell down to his 

 hut. 



" Now you have seen all I can show you, and 

 you may go home," said the Moon Man. So the 

 conjurer called his mascot and rode down through 

 the air to his hut. 



There his body had lain motionless while his 

 spirit was away, but now it revived. The cords 

 with which his hands and knees had been bound 

 dropped off, though they had been tied in hard 

 knots. The conjurer felt quite exhausted from 

 his trip, but when the lamps were lighted he told 

 his eager neighbors all that he had seen during his 

 flight to the Moon. 



