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As each number was named, the eyes of the assembly opened wider with surprise, until they could open no further. "Men, women, and children live in these houses; and if you were to spread them all over the ice here, away as far as you can see in every direction, you would not be able to see the ice at all for the houses." "What a liar!" murmured the mother of Arbalik to the mother of Ippegoo.
"Attack it," cried Arbalik. "Kill it," exclaimed Norrak. "And eat it," said Ermigit. "What will you attack it with?" asked Simek in a slightly contemptuous tone "with your fingernails? If so, you had better send Sigokow to do battle, for she could beat the three of you." The youths stood abashed. "We have no spears," said Simek, "and knives are useless. Bad luck follows us."
We know not her maiden name, but as her dead husband had been called by the same name as the son, we will style her Mrs Ippegoo. There was also the mother of Arbalik, a youth who was celebrated as a wonderful killer of birds on the wing a sort of Eskimo Robin Hood with the small spear or dart. The mother of Arbalik was elderly, and stern for an Eskimo. She was sister to the great hunter Simek.
The day following that on which the wives of Simek and Okiok, and the mothers of Arbalik and Ippegoo with the spinster Sigokow arrived, the southern Eskimos resumed their route northward, and the pursuers continued their journey to the south the former in their sledges over the still unmelted ice-foot along the shore; the latter, in kayaks, by a lead of open water, which extended as far as the eye could reach.
"Besides, they are pretty sure to bring her to the cliff, for that is a favourite mode among you of getting rid of witches." "But what if they don't come here?" asked Ippegoo. "Then we must hope that they have slept on the mound," returned Okiok; "and Angut will be sure to find them, and kill them all in their sleep." "Too good to hope for," murmured Arbalik.
"Boo!" exclaimed the wizard, varying the expression of his contempt. "It is well that your mother has only a small family." Ippegoo was accustomed to severe backhanders from his patron; he was not offended, but smiled in a pathetic manner as he went out in silence to pick up his weapons. Just as he was returning, Arbalik, nephew to the jovial Simek, appeared upon the scene, and joined them.
Over he went and shot down into the water like an eel, just as the tail came down like a thunder-clap on his kayak, and reduced it to a jumble of its shattered elements, while Rooney paddled out of danger. Arbalik swam ashore, and landed just in time to see the whale rise out of the water, lifting Ippegoo in his kayak on its shoulders.
But they were all men who could accept the inevitable with a good grace, and as they knew it was impossible to advance without kayaks and oomiaks, they awaited the return of Arbalik as patiently as possible.
They both listened intently, and gazed towards the northern headland of the bay, which at the time was bathed in brilliant moonlight. Presently two black specks, one larger than the other, were seen to round the point, and the chattering of women's voices was heard. It was Arbalik in a kayak, preceding an oomiak propelled by several women.
He threw up his arms, and gave way to a violent explosion of loud and hearty laughter. If a bomb-shell had burst among the spectators, it could scarcely have caused greater consternation. A panic ensued. Incontinently the mother of Ippegoo plunged head first into the tunnel. The mother of Arbalik followed, overtook her friend, tried to pass, and stuck fast.
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