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rumbled, for the worm wriggled so. He stuck the stake deeper 

 into it, and by-and-by the rumbling noise died away; for the worm 

 had now been killed. 



The man was dripping with sweat, and he therefore went out- 

 side to cool himself, and lifted his wife down again from the ledge. 

 There was so much flesh on the worm that they lived on it for a 

 whole vear. 



27. THE PURSUED ANGAKOK 



told by Sanimuinak. 



^^UbegineraseV — In olden days a big angakok rowed up the 

 fjord, and landed at a naze, from which he looked round about 

 him. He then perceived two kaiaks coming down the fjord, and 

 before them an eider-duck which they were chasing. When the 

 eider-duck dived down, the kaiakers rowed on down the fjord. The 

 angakok went and hid himself. When the others perceived his 

 kaiak, they said: "There lies a kaiak!" and they rowed up to it 

 and pushed it out from land. As the angakok was crying over the 

 loss of his kaiak, he caught sight of his tartok, who came up in a 

 kaiak and shoved his kaiak back to the place where it had lain 

 before. 



The two kaiakers said: "We iiad better leave him alone, for in 

 any case we can't kill him", and then they asked him whether he 

 would travel home with them. The angakok stepped into his kaiak 

 and joined them. "Where do you live?" enquired the angakok. 

 "Over there on the other side of that naze". When the}' had 

 doubled the naze, the angakok said: "Why, there is no house there!" 

 "Yes, there is, away back over there!" they answered. They now 

 perceived a large number of tents, and, in answer to the shouts of 

 the two kaiakers, a number of kaiakers came out from land. Some 

 of them had not waited to put on their clothes, but came out stark 

 naked. They wanted to kill the angakok; but the two with whom 

 he had come, cried : "He is coming to stay with us". The angakok 

 rowed quickly down the fjord, pursued by the others. 



When he came behind a hummock of ice, he went under the 

 ice and cried: "Rain, rain!" The others came up and said: "Why, 

 he was going about here just now!" One of them rowed back to 

 fetch an axe. It now began to rain heavily, although it was fair 

 weather, and all the kaiakers therefore rowed up the tjord. When 

 the angakok saw this, he rowed down the fjord; but, as soon as the 

 other kaiakers delected him, they went in pursuit of him again. 



