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them by pulling some of its hairs off. Pay attention, let us 

 look for it! 



She spread the sealskin out. Can you see, there it is! 

 the trace of my fingers, where there is no hair. 



The visitor said: It might be a pleasure for you to own 

 that skin! and so the angakok-child received it. 



After that a number of white whales and seals were caught. 



When summer approached, all the hunters went south for 

 reindeer hunting. Here the northerners and the southerners 

 met each other. When there had already been caught a number 

 of reindeer, it was frequently mentioned that there was a great 

 angakok in the south land, a rival of the angakoks of the 

 north land. 



Which has the greatest angakok, the north land or the 

 south land? 



Day after day they speak about this, but it is impossible 

 to find anyone who will compete with the one from the south 

 land. 



Then one of the angakok-children said: I too am your rival! 



The great angakok from the south land answered : You are 

 a child! I disdain you. 



The child, who wished to compete with the old one, said : 

 If I lose, the old one shall bury me. 



The southerner gets up, and all the Innuits from the north 

 and from the south look on eagerly. He takes out a knife and 

 cuts off his hand with it. He throws it up in the air, it falls 

 down and grabs hold of the grass. Then he takes it up and 

 puts it on him again. 



The child from the nortli land now takes a knife and also 

 cuts off his hand and throws it up in the air, so that it falls 

 down and grabs hold of the grass. Then he takes it up and 

 makes it fast again. 



All the Innuits were struck with surprise when they saw 

 the great angakoks compete with each other. 



