254 G. Holm and Johan Petersen. 



been carried off by a fjord-dweller, who dwelt up at the head of 

 the fjord, and that he had married his daughter. He urged his 

 cousin to go with him up the fjord, warning him, however, that 

 the dwellers there were fond of killing people, but he promised 

 to take care of him. They now^ rowed up the great fjord, where 

 thej'^ caught sight of the house in which there were three hunters, 

 namely the old fjord-dweller, his son, and the cousin that had 

 been carried away and was now the son-in-law of the old fjord- 

 dw^eller. 



When darkness approached, the son came home with a big 

 saddleback in tow. He was rowing hard; but when he saw that 

 there lay two kaiaks by the house, he began to row slowly, as if 

 he could not manage the seal. When he came ashore, he fetched 

 a piece of dried meat, which he gave the stranger. 



Night came on, and the father came home with a big saddle- 

 back. As they watched him coming up in the distance, they saw 

 that he was rowing hard, just as if he had nothing at all in tow; 

 but when he saw that there was one kaiak there more than usual, 

 he roAved quite slowly, in order that they might think he was not 

 strong. He landed , and dragged up the seal , whereupon he told 

 the stranger that he would go with him into the house, and when 

 he came in, he placed a side of dried meat before him. 



When the lamps were put out, a little lamp down on the floor 

 was lit, and the old man began to do wood-carving, in order that 

 the others might be able to sleep, and he might have a chance of 

 killing the strangers. The cousins were to sleep together; but they 

 took turns to sleep, so that one might always be awake so as to 

 be able to warn the other. The night thus passed without the 

 stranger having been killed, and the lamps were lighted once more, 

 when it began to grow light. The new-comer w^as now given his 

 cousin's anorak to put on, and the cousin told him to keep it on 

 when he departed. He went out, hastened down to his kaiak, and 

 paddled off. His cousin was watching him through the window, 

 and when he was far away he said: "Our visitor has already 

 got a long way off from here". There was at once a great to-do 

 to get off in pursuit. The umiak was launched, and away they 

 rowed. The old man was steering, and the son and son-in-law 

 rowing. They rowed so quickly that it was as if they were 

 pulling the kaiak up towards them. When they drew near the 

 kaiak, the son-in-law said: "Let me steer!" "No, I want to steer", 

 answered the old man. But the son-in-law went and without more 

 ado took the steering-oar from the old man, who had to leave 

 his place. 



