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The man camped on the rock that night and next morning studied 

 very hard what he should do. At last he fixed upon a plan which 

 he proceeded to carry out. Taking the largest seal he had killed, he 

 skinned it very carefully so as not to cut through the hide anywhere. 

 Late that night he got inside, tied the skin together over himself 

 very tightly so that no water could come in, and set himself adrift. 

 Then he floated along on the ocean, and at times he felt that he was 

 bumping against rocks, but he kept quiet and after he had gone 

 for a long time he felt himself drift ashore upon a beach. 



Next morning very early, as he lay there, the man heard an eagle 

 cry and laiew that it was flying toward him. Finally it lighted right 

 on top of the seal. The eagle seemed to notice, however, that this 

 seal sounded empty, and instead of trying to eat it, sat still there. 

 By and by the man took out his knife, cut through the skin right 

 where the eagle sat and seized its legs. Then he looked up at it 

 through the hole, and lo! instead of an eagle there was a girl. Then 

 the girl said to him, "Come up to my father's house with me." 

 He agreed, and, when she had taken him up, he saw a fine house 

 over every bed in which hung an eagle skin. 



After that the young man took the girl for his wife. At that time 

 one of his brothers-in-law stood up and gave him an eagle-skin coat, 

 saying, "I have given you a coat as a present. With this coat you 

 can catch cod easily." Another brother-in-law got up and said, "I 

 also give you a coat. With this coat you can easily catch salmon." 

 Another got up and said, "I also give you a coat. With this coat 

 you can catch halibut." Another got up and said, "I, too, will give 

 you a coat. With this coat 3'ou can catch seal. Always sit on a tree 

 top and look down at the water. Then the seal will look to you like 

 a very small ilsli. It feels like a small fish when you catch it in this 

 coat." So, all in the house presented him with difterent coats. The 

 last of them was a yoimg black eagle which said, "I give 3'ou this coat, 

 and with this coat 3"ou can catch a sea lion." Then the older eagles 

 made fun of his gift, saying, "With that young skin you need not 

 think you can catch even the smallest trout." 



Meawhile the people in the town this boy had come from had sent 

 his mother, who was a very old woman, away from the village to 

 starve. He was at that time very near where she was living, but he 

 did not know it. 



After this the young man put on the coat he had received first, went 

 out in it and cauglit a cod which he gave to his wife. He put the 

 next coat on and caught a salmon. When he looked down upon this 

 it appeared to be very small, and it felt very light while he was carry- 

 ing it, but when he got it home it was a very large fish. With the 

 next coat he cauglit a very big halibut, and with the next a seal. 

 This seemed very light to him, but, when he got it home to his father- 



