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loosened himself from the cradle in which he was fastened and went out. 

 In the corner of the house lived a Half-rock being-,'' who watched 

 him. After she had watched for a while he came in, holding- some- 

 thing under his blanket, and, pushing aside the fire which was always 

 kept burning before his mother, he dug a hole in the cleared place 

 and emptied what he held into it. As soon as he had kneaded it 

 with the ashes he ate it. It gave forth a popping sound. He laughed 

 while he ate. She saw all that from the corner. 



Again, when it was evening- and they were asleep, he went out. 

 After he had been gone for a while he again brought in soniething 

 under his blanket, put it into the ashes and stirred it up with them. 

 He poked it out and laughed as he ate it. From the corner of the house 

 the Half-rock one looked on. He got through, went back, and lay 

 down in the cradle. On the next morning all the iive villages talked 

 about it. He heard them. 



The inhabitants of four of the live towns had each lost one e^'e. 

 Then the old woman reported what she had seen. " Behold what that 

 chief's daughter's child does. Watch him. As soon as the}- sleep he 

 stands up out of himself." His grandfather then gave him a marten- 

 skin blanket, and the}' put him into the cradle. At his grandfather's 

 word some one went out. '"Come to sing a song for the chief's 

 daughters baby outsi-i-ide, outsi-i-ide." As they sang for him one in 

 the line, which extended along the entire village front, held him. By 

 and by he let him fall, and they watched him as he went. Turning 

 around to the right as he went, he struck the water. 



And as he drifted about he cried without ceasing. By and by, 

 wearied out with crying, he fell asleep. After he had slept a while 

 something said: "Your might}^ grandfather says he wants you to 

 come into his house." He turned around quickly and looked out from 

 under his blanket, but saw nothing. Again, as he floated about, some- 

 thing repeated the same words. He looked quickly around toward it. 

 He saw nothing. The next time he looked through the e^'ehole in his 

 marten skin. A pied-billed grebe came out from under the water, 

 saying ^ Your mighty grandfather invites you in," and dived imme- 

 diateh'. 



He then got up. He was floating against a kelp with two heads. 

 He stepped upon it. Lo! he stepped upon a house pole of rock hav- 

 ing two heads. He climbed down it. The sea was just as good as 

 the world above/ 



He then stood in front of a house. And some one called him in: 

 "■ Enter, my son. Word has arrived that 3'ou come to borrow some- 

 thing from me." He then went in. An old man, white as a sea gull, 

 sat in the rear part of the house. He sent him for a box that hung in 

 the corner, and, as soon as he had handed it to him, he successively 

 pulled out five boxes. And out of the innermost box he handed him 



