THE GOOSING 



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The girls were most anxious to get on and pitch the 

 tents. 'It is no good,' said Uano, ' Pesanka deep. 

 High tide.' 



' It isn't,' says Us- JJ^ 

 tynia. 'Is it, Yeli- 



sei 



?' 



~^T? 





arctic raspberry (Rubus arcticus) 



' No good ; very 

 deep ; yes, yes,' says 

 Yelisei. 



Old Yelisei was 

 so very old that in 

 an ordinary way he 

 was an ultimate 

 appeal. But the 

 girls were not to be 

 done, for they had 

 made up their minds, though all the men were against 

 them with one voice. 



' You men are cowards. We will go anyhow, and 

 you will come, mother, won't you ? ' 



'Yes, yes,' said Mrs. Uano, she would go. 



' And you, Tinyah, you will come ? ' 



The duchess didn't seem as if she much took to ,the 

 idea of this deep water, but she couldn't stand out when 

 all the women were going, so she said rather glumly, 

 ' Yes, yes,' too. 



'That's right,' laughs Ustynia, the ringleader. 'Now 

 girls ' ; and in a second they had whipped up on to their 



