632 THE CENTRAL ESKIMO. 



that he was obliged to take hold of it with both liands and liis teeth. 

 As he was frequently lifted by the nostrils they grew to be very large, 

 though he remained small and weak. 



Tic. 53'I The man in the moon wliippinf; Qaudjaqdjuq. Fig. 540. Qaudjaqdjuq has become 



Qaudjuqdjuaq. 



At last the man in the moon," who had seen how badly the men 

 behaved towards Qaudjaqdjuq, came down to help him. He har- 

 lu'sscil lii.s dog" (Fig. 538) Tiric'd^iiiL;- to his sledge and drove down. 

 Wlirii mar thehut hestopjM'il ami <iic(l, "Qaudjaqdjuq, come out." 

 Q:uiilja(|ilju(^ answered, "Iwill nut coMUM/mt. Groaway!" Butwhen 

 he had asked himasecond and a third time to come out, he complied, 

 though he was very much frightened. Then the man in the moon 

 went with him t(j a ]ila<-i: where some large bowlders were lying about 

 and, having wliipiifd him (Fig. 539), asked, "Do you feel stronger 

 now?" Qaudja-qiljiKpiuswered: "Yes, I feel stronger." "Then lift 

 yon bowlder," said he. As Qaudjaqdjuq was not yet able to lift it, 

 he gave him another whipping, and now all of a sudden he began to 

 grow, the foet first becoming of an extraordinary size (Fig. 540). 

 At;aiii the man in the moon asked him: " Do you feel stronger now ?" 

 Qa.udjaqclju(^ answered: "Yes, I feel stronger ;" but as he could not 

 yet lift the stone he was whipped once more, after which he had 

 attained a very great strength and lifted the bowlder as if it were a 

 small pebble. The man in the moon said :" That will do. To-morrow 

 morning I shall send three bears; then you may show your strength." 



He returned to the moon, but Qaudjaqdjuq, who had now become 

 Qaudjuqdjuaq (the big Qaudjaqdjuq), returned home tossing the 

 stcjnes with his feet and making them fly to the right and to the left. 

 At night he lay down again among the dogs to sleep. Next morning 

 he awaited the bears, and, indeed, three large animals soon made 

 their appearance, frightening all the men, who did not dare to leave 

 the huts. 



Then Qaudjuqdjuaq put on his boots and ran down to the ice. 

 The men who looked out of the window hole said. " Look here, is 



' The man in the moon is the protector of orphans. 



''By a mistake of the Eskimo wlio made the drawings, four do,t;s arc Iiarncssed to 

 tlie sledge. According to his own explanation the dappled one ought to be the only 



