THE ARCTIC NIGHT 
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ing he had hoped to do in Banks Land. Later in 
the morning I went around and distributed pres¬ 
ents to the Eskimo. I gave each of the Eskimo 
men a hunting-knife and a watch and the Eskimo 
woman a cotton dress, stockings and underwear, 
talcum powder, soap, a looking-glass, a comb and 
brush and some ribbon, with a cotton dress for each 
of the little girls. 
At eleven o’clock the first event on our type¬ 
written programme began—the sports. This was 
the list: 
D. G. S. Karlnk . Xmas Day, 1913 
The events of the sports programme arranged 
for the day will take place in the following order: 
1. 100 yards sprint 
2. Long jump (standing) 
3. Long jump (running) 
4. Sack race 
5. High jump 
Interval for refreshments 
6. Three-legged race 
7. Putting the weight 
8. 50-yard burst 
9. Hop, step and leap 
10. Tug of war 
11. Obstacle race 
12. Wrestling 
Proceedings will commence at 11 a. m. ( Karluh 
time); dogs and bookmakers not allowed on the 
field. 
The doctor was umpire and wore a paper rosette. 
