This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ...tell them to their children. Every one in Greenland has a sled. The runners are made of bone, and the top is made of sealskin. Dogs draw these sleds over the snow, and they can run very fast and very far. The boys and girls have very few toys, but they like to play games, and they have many good times. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ...tell them to their children. Every one in Greenland has a sled. The runners are made of bone, and the top is made of sealskin. Dogs draw these sleds over the snow, and they can run very fast and very far. The boys and girls have very few toys, but they like to play games, and they have many good times. The girls have dolls made of bone, and the boys play a game with a ball and stick made of bone. But the boys like to hunt and fish. They have small boats made of bone and sealskin, and paddles made of bone. Of course they can use these boats only in the short summer time, as the water is frozen the rest of the year. When they go hunting they carry spears, and a bow and arrows. Do you think you would like to live in Greenland? Name ten things that you have that the Eskimo children have never seen. Tell five things that you can do that the little Eskimos cannot do. What do we have to eat that the Eskimos cannot have? Why do the Eskimos build their houses of snow? How is the house heated? Of what is their clothing made? How do they cook and eat their food? What do the Eskimo children do for fun? THE DREAM-SHIP The Dream-ship minds no stormy gales, Her masts are all of gold, With splendor of wide silken sails, Red-rosy, fold on fold. They spread below, they spread aloft, They're never reefed nor furled, And they will bear us safe and soft, The other side the world. We shall not see the shadow crew That work among the spars, But watch the topmast sailing through The shoals of shining stars. From point to point of silver light, Through purple gulfs and bays, As we below a-gliding go Along the water-ways.--Blanche M. Charming. A TRIP TO JAPAN There are so many things to tell you about "Nippon," as the Japanese call their country, that I...
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