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again. She InmiMitid alxmt it to the Inuit, and at length a man and 

 his wife })n>iiiisri| \n hrlp Im: 



When tile ici' had (•()usiili(hxted and deep cracks were formed near 

 the shore by the rise and fall of the tide, the boy used to rise and sit 

 jilougside the cracks, playing with a whip of seaweed. Kalopaling, 

 liowever, was afraid that somebody might carry the boy away and 

 had fastened him to a string of seaweed, which he held in his hands. 

 The Inuit who had seen the boy went toward him, but as soon as he 

 saw them coming he sang, " Two men are coming, one with a double 

 jacket, the other with a foxskin jacket" (Inung maqong tikitong, 

 aipa mirqosailing, aipa kapiteling). Then Kalopaling pulled on the 

 rope and the boy disappeared. He did not want to return to his 

 grandmother, who had abused him. 



Some time afterward the Inuit saw him again sitting near a crack. 

 They took the utmost caution tliat he shoiild not hear them when 

 approaching, tying pieces of deerskin iinder the soles of their boots. 

 But when they could almost lay hold of the boy he sang, " Two men 

 are coming, one with a double jacket, the other with a foxskin jacket. " 

 Again Kalopaling pulled on the seaweed rope and the boy disappeared. 



The man and his wife, however, did not give up trying. They 

 resolved to wait near the crack, and on one occasion when the boy 

 had just come out of the water they jumped forward from a piece 

 of ice behind which they had been hidden and before he could give 

 the alarm they had cut the rope and away they went with him to 

 their huts. 



The boy lived with them and became a great hunter. 



THE UISSUIT. 



Besides the Kalopalit there are the Uissuit, a strange people that 

 live in the sea. They are dwarfs and are frequently seen between 

 Iglulik and Netchillik, where the Anganidjen live, an Inuit tribe 

 whose women are in the habit of tattooing rings around their eyes. 

 There are men and women among the Uissuit and they live in deep 

 water, never coming up to the surface. When the Inuit wish to see 

 them, they go in their boats to a place where they cannot see the 

 bottom and try to catch them by hooks which they slowly move up 

 and down. As soon as they get a bite they draw in the line. The 

 Uissuit are thus drawn up; but no sooner do they approach the 

 surface than they dive down headlong again, only their legs having 

 emerged from the water. The Inuit have never succeeded in get- 

 ting one out of the water. 



An old woman lived with her grandson in a small hut. As she 

 had no husband and no son to take care of her and the boy, they 

 were very poor, the boy's clothing being made of skins of birds which 



