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sible to get over. They got a stone laid over the crevice and 

 walked over on that — now they saw a house and came up to it. 

 The entrance-passage was dripping with water. They went in. 

 A large being in the shape of a woman ^ was alone in there, 

 her hair was in disorder and she was angry. The children 

 took hold of her and arranged her hairs and washed them. She 

 thanked them (expressed her pleasure) and ceased being angry. 



What do you two want? she said, for a long time I have 

 not seen a human being. 



The children said: in need we come here, to ask you for 

 seals. 



The woman said: Then let me know when you are about 

 to go home ! — 



We are about to go home now, they said. The big woman 

 then spoke over in the direction of the hollow under one of 

 the stump-beds : many seals come forth ! and over in the direc- 

 tion of the other stump-bed: many white whales come forth! 

 The animals began to appear. When a pretty seal comes forth, 

 the little girl (one of the children) grabs it by some of the 

 hairs, winds them around her finger and pulls them off. 



Then the big woman is said to have said: Well, now there 

 are many! and further: in the beginning each hunter must 

 capture only one seal ; if each one captured two, the seals 

 would give out for them. 



So far the children. Thus they related. The next few days 

 it was quite surprising, the number of seals there was ! The 

 Innuits began to be very fond of these children ; for they were 

 angakoks. 



Once there came a woman from the neighbors in to them. 

 My husband has caught a beautiful seal, she says and tells 

 what it is like. 



The little angakok-girl says: I made a mark on one of 



' This is the water -witch, arnarqiias'a'q. 



