Down North and Up Along 
The great snowy owls went deep into the 
forests, to return no more until the coming of 
Glooscap. They may at times be heard cry- 
ing, " Koo Koo Skoos ! Koo Koo Skoos ! " — 
Oh, I am sorry ! Oh, I am sorry ! 
The children are always pleased to know 
that Glooscap had two little dogs no larger 
than mice which he carried in his pocket, or 
up his sleeve, but which could suddenly in- 
crease to the size and form of the largest and 
swiftest and fiercest of their kind when he 
needed their services. He had a way of turn- 
ing things into stone, and by looking down 
the channel toward Cape d'Or, one can see 
Spencer's Island, which is not an island at all, 
but merely Glooscap's kettle turned upside 
down. He put it there after using it, to wait 
for his return, and there it remains to this day. 
If one passing that way notices large boulders 
or rocks sticking out of the water, they are the 
scraps left after he had tried out his oil. 
Down that way somewhere, too, he once 
turned into stone a moose that tried to escape 
by swimming ; and the two dogs that were 
chasing it still sit on the shore with their 
ears pricked forward watching it, — both solid 
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