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8. The Blind Man who recovered his sight. 



This tale corresponds Lo T. T. 2 (E. S. 2) with some additions. 

 The printed version is taken from 8 records, two of which come 

 from Labrador. This East Greenland version has no particular 

 resemblance to those from Labrador. Dr. Boas has informed me 

 that it is also known in Baffin's Land. The addition contains a 

 peculiar element, which is also known from other parts, namely that 

 of the fabulous creatures in whom the anus opening was wanting. 



9. Arfersiartok. 



This tale has some resemblance to "The Mother and Son as 

 Kivigtur T. T. 129 (E. S. Spl. 60), though much abbreviated and with 

 many modifications in details. Among the corresponding elements, 

 that of the dolls that became alive is especiall}' characteristic. 



10. The Sun and the Moon. 



This tale corresponds entirely with the version general!}' current, 

 which goes right away to the Bering Strait. 



11. The two Cousins. 



This tale is in substance a reproduction of T. T. 48 (E. S. 59) 

 and E. S. Spl. 42, a very widely distributed tale with the following 

 main elements: — Several men disappear in a fjord, the one left 

 behind goes out to search for them — the house of the murderers — 

 the pursued escape by breaking their pursuers' paddle — the murderer 

 who could turn into a bird — the bird shot by a boy trained to 

 shoot with charmed arrows. In the present tale only one disappears 

 instead of several. On the East coast the grandmother's meat-spit 

 seems to be the recognised source for charmed arrows, while on 

 the West coast a barren wife's drying-hatch is spoken of as the most 

 serviceable material. 



12. Matakatak. 



A child stolen by inland-dwellers is a subject which recurs in 

 other tales (T. T. 44 = E. S. 47, cf. E. S. Spl. 61), but the version here 

 seems to me to be peculiar to the East coast. A particularly inter- 

 esting point to my mind is the mention of sealing nets of whalebone. 



13. Pouia. 

 Has, as far as I know, nothing corresponding. 



