164° ACROSS THE SUB-ARCTICS OF CANADA. 
Running and wrestling are sometimes indulged in, 
though not often continued with interest. 
The children play among themselves much as they do 
in the civilized south. Their favorite amusement is that 
of playing house, at which they may be seen busily 
engaged almost any pleasant summer day about an 
Eskimo village. The play-houses consist simply of rings 
of stones, and for dolls the Eskimo children are content 
with pretty pebbles or chips of wood or ivory. The 
_actors, with their families, go visiting from one house 
to another, and have their imaginary feasts and all the 
rest just as our children have. 
At Cape Prince of Wales, Hudson Straits, the Eskimos 
have been observed to play ata game of tilting. For 
this sport a very large igloe is built, having a great. 
pillar in the centre of it. Ivory rings are hung from 
the roof, and the players, armed with spears, walk 
rapidly round the pillar, and vie with each other in 
catching the rings on their spears. 
The people are not noted for being musical, though 
they have some songs. 
The home or family circle is, as a rule, a happy 
one. It is not broken up by the brawling sot, nor 
is it often the scene of poverty and want—never eis 
this the case while the rest of the community have 
plenty. All families share alike in times of famine, and 
in seasons of plenty all rejoice together. Thus there is 
no such thing as class distinction among them, but all 
are upon an equal footing; every man provides for the 
wants of his own family by hunting. They have there- 
fore no need for workmen’s unions, nor for protective 
associations, but all live together in peace and unity. 
