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planks tojLicthor, and made a house. He n)ade it just laio(» enough. 

 When it was finished, he again sat down near his younger ])rother 

 and untied the strings of the box. In it was a grease-box and two 

 mussel-shells fastened together by a sti'ing, which he untied. 'I'o his 

 astonishment he found l)urning coals within. 



He looked into the grease-box. It was half full of grease. Cran- 

 berries were also in it, and ten salmon were on the bottom of the box. 

 He did not eat one of them. He kept them all winter for his ^^ounger 

 brother. But he whittled continually. 



Then only one salmon was left with a small amount of grease and 

 cranberries. His mind was greatl}' troubled. There was nothing for 

 his younger brother to eat. He used to give part to the dog. That 

 is wh}^ his food was nearh^ gone. The last bits of the salmon, grease, 

 and cranberries were nearly gone. By and by a small piece [of tish] was 

 left, and he gave it to his 3'ounger brother along with all of the grease. 



In the evening he went to bed and wept, wept, wept. He kept 

 thinking all night of how nothing was left for his younger brother to 

 eat. Presently his dog went out. It l)arked behind the house. From 

 where he la}^ by his younger brother he rose quickl}^ and at once 

 seized his bow. While still in the house he wet the arrows with his 

 mouth, prepared his bow ready to shoot when outside, and stepped 

 lightly in that direction. 



It was barking at something in the space between the roots of a 

 cedar bent over toward the sea. After he had gone toward it for a 

 Avhile he saw nothing near it. It was barking at something in the 

 ground. When he stood over it [he found] that it was barking at 

 something in a pool of water. To his surprise a salmon lay in it. 

 He speared it with an arrow. He twisted its neck off. 



He took it up, laid it down on a piece of board near the house, cut 

 it open, and steamed its head, its backbone, its milt, and its heart (i).'^ 

 He gave its backbone and its head to his younger brother to eat. To 

 the dog he gave its milt and its heart (i) to eat. He, however, ate 

 nothing. 



They went to bed and at daybreak the dog was barking there again. 

 Again he went thither with his bow and [found] it barking at some- 

 thing in the water. Two salmon la}' there. Then he speared them 

 with an arrow. And after he had taken them to the house he steamed 

 the two backbones, the two heads, the milt of both, and he, gave 

 them to his younger brother and the dog. He, how^ever, again ate 

 nothing. 



Next da\' it was ))arking there again. Then he got his l)ow. He 

 wet the arrows with his lips just outside. He went o\er and [found] 

 three lying there. Every morning there was one more. Finally ten 

 lay there, and he speared them and pulled them out. He dragged 

 thenx out in a bunch and cut tiiem open. He thi'cw the gills away. 



