Behind Poosay sat Toodlamuk, who has two 

 of the longest, whitest eye-teeth I ever saw pro- 

 jecting from the mouth of a human being ! 

 Even when his mouth is closed, they visibly pro- 

 ject and give him a dangerous look. But we 

 have never heard of his biting any one, and he is 

 a bright pupil. 



In the front row was a boy whom Mrs. Gam- 

 bell named Mozart, he was so hopelessly addicted 

 to humming a tune in school. He appeared to 

 do it unconsciously. One particular bar or re- 

 frain which he was constantly crooning, was to 

 our surprise much like a call which boys whistle 

 in the United States. He also knew a part of 

 "Solomon Levi," which Captain Healy, of the 

 revenue cutter Bear, had taught him, and all of 

 "Yankee Doodle." 



Our "noisy boy" was called Tattarat. He was 

 one of the clattering, thumping sort of boys who 

 are always dropping things, and bumping their 

 heads against the desk when they pick them up. 

 He is our only really ragged boy. Mrs. Gambell 

 calls him "Tatters," and has grown weary of 

 patching him up; he has the kind of elbows 

 which will come through any sleeves. 



There was Nossabok, too, the boy who per- 

 sisted in bringing his pet cat to school, for fear 

 the dogs would kill it if he left it at home. This 

 cat was brought from the Aleutian Islands, and 

 was, so far as I know, the only one in the village. 

 It had very thick yellow fur, and its body was 

 as round as a log. 



The ' ' belle " of the school was Pingassuk, a 

 girl about fourteen years old, and she is really 

 rather pretty, for she is much less chubby and 

 greasy than most of her companions. She came 

 to school at first wearing yellow nloccasins and 

 a suit — parka, hood and trousers — of white seal 

 fur. Even her little mittens are white. She 

 has pretty dark eyes and long lashes. Her com- 

 plexion is so clear that a pink flush often shows 

 on her cheek. In her thick braids of hair are 

 stuck pink shell ornaments, and her smiles are 

 emphasized by two queer little streaks of ochre 

 at each corner of her mouth. "Pin" holds all 

 the boys in immense disdain ; and they hardly 

 venture to steal a glance at her. 



At the same desk with "Pin " was seated poor 

 little Kolleluk, who lost a foot from freezing, 

 several winters ago ; she hops and hobbles about 

 with the aid of a kind of cane made from the 

 rib of a whale. Diu'ing the first term of school 

 Kolleluk learned to read fairly well from the 

 First Reader. 



At the desk behind " KoUie " sat a very odd- 

 looking child, who has a pink face and white 

 hair — one of those freaks of nature, which oc- 

 cur among human beings as well as among other 

 animals, and which are called albinos. From 

 some superstitious notion, her parents dress her 

 in black fur, which contrasts strongly with her 

 white hair. Her name is Okiakuta, which my 

 wife has abbreviated to " O. K." 



Near to " O, K." sat Esanetuk, whose appear- 



