A TEEASUEY OF ESKIMO TALES 



Hear arose and walked, slowly away; and ever 

 since that time white bears have been found on 

 the frozen seas. 



" How many times did you turn over? " Raven 

 asked. 



" Four times," answered Man. 



" That was four years. You slept there just 

 four years," said Raven. " Come now and I will 

 show you some of the animals I made while you 

 slept. 



" Here is one like the shrew-mouse of the land; 

 but this one always lives on the ice of the sea, and 

 whenever it sees a man it darts at him, entering 

 the toe of his boot and crawling all over him. If 

 the man keeps perfectly quiet, it will leave him 

 unharmed. But if he is a coward, and lifts so 

 much as a finger to brush it away, it instantly 

 burrows into his flesh going directly to his heart 

 and causing death. 



" Here is another, a large leather-skinned 

 animal with four long, wide-spreading arms. 

 This is a fierce animal, living in the sea, which 

 wraps its arms around a man or a kayak and 

 pulls them into the water. If the man tries to 

 escape by getting out of his kayak upon the ice 

 and running away, it will dart underneath and 

 break the ice under his feet. Or if he gets on the 



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