ACKOSS THE SUB-AECTICS OF CANADA 



ball, which they play with the bladder of a walrus. Their 

 game is played neither according to Rugby nor Association 

 rules, but wholly without rule or system. Men and women, 

 old and young, join in the chase after the ball with equal 

 delight. " Here a woman, carrying her child on her back, 

 may be seen running at full speed after the ball, and the next 

 moment lying at full length with her naked child floundering 

 in the snow a few feet beyond her. A minute later the 



ESKIMO GAMES AND TOYS. 



child is in its place, and- the mother, nearly choking with 

 laughter, is seen elbowing her way after the ball again." 



A popular kind of indoor sport, played much during the 

 long days of winter, is a game something like our old game 

 of cup and ball. It is played with a block of ivory, cut so as 

 to somewhat resemble the form of a bear, which it is 

 supposed to be. The ivory is drilled full of holes in a regular 

 and systematic way, and to the neck of the block an ivory pin, 



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