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came upon the body of a whale cast oa the shore. Here they deter- 

 mined to dwell for a time. The man sought for the women in every 

 possible ])]ace with no success. A conjurer was consulted, and after 

 much delibeiiition, he told the deserted man to journey to a place 

 where he would tind the carcass of a whale and to secrete himself in 

 the vicinity and w;itch for the women. Tie started out accordingly 

 and before long had tlie pleasure of seein.y,- the two women. They 

 detected the man hastening toward them and tried to secrete them- 

 selves until he should get by. He seized one of them, liowever, and 

 bound her with thongs. The other was less disposed to submit, and 

 the man put out her eyes to deprive her of the privilege of looking at 

 any man. They remained about that locality fpr some time, and 

 various animals of the laud came to the carcass to feast upon the re- 

 mains. The man caught a great number of foxes and other valuable 

 furs and after a time returned to the camj) whence he came. 



Story of the orphan boy. — A small boy, who had neither father, 

 mother, nor any living relatives, was dwelling with some people who 

 maltreated him in every way their fancy could suggest. He was kept 

 in the entry way to the hut, like a dog, and was permitted to eat only 

 of the skin of walrus when they had it to give him. At other times they 

 would throw to him what they themselves would not eat. They for- 

 bade him to have a knife with which to cut his food, and he was com- 

 pelled to gnaw the bones like a dog. A little girl, the daughter of the 

 head of the family with whom he lived, would secretly take to him a 

 knife with which to divide the tough skin of the walrus. She also car- 

 ried food of better quality to him when she could do so clandestinely. 

 These kind attentions pleased him very much, and made him long for 

 an opportunity to escape. But how was he to better his condition 

 when the hand of everybody was raised against him on account of his 

 treatment at home? The little girl who had so often befriended him 

 could not assist him to escape from such a life. He endeavored to lay 

 a plan, but it came to naught. There seemed no help for him. One 

 night he abandoned all hope and threw himself on the ground in des- 

 pair. While there he gazed at the bright moon, and the more intently 

 his gaze was fixed upon it the more he thought he discerned the face 

 of a man in it, and at last he <'ried to the man to come and help him 

 escape from his miserable life. The man came down- from the moon 

 and gave the poor b()y a frigiitfnl beating, but the more he was beaten 

 the larger he seemed to grow. After awhile he became so strong that 

 he could handle a large rock as easily as he had hitherto handled a 

 little stone. A large, round bowlder from the beach was no more to 

 him than a bullet held in the hand of a strong man. 



The moon man then told the boy that he was large enough to take 

 care of himself and do as he pleased witli the people who had treated 

 him so badly. With this the two parted, and the moon man went to 

 his hole in the sky, while the boy walked along the beach picking up 



