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rest upon a "brown woman" and there in the bright sunshine had
idly tried to break off a fragment of her with a stone lying
near. He had not succeeded, yet he remembers vividly how when
his hand slipped and struck against the place where he had been
pounding, a sharp edge had cut a deep clean gash in his flesh.
Why should this not do for a harpoon-head? A word to his
faithful wife and slave, and covering the children as best they
can with the remaining furs, they climb the little valley and
with hands and feet remove the shrouding snow from the "brown
woman". Then with a rough stone he pou ds and digs at a rough
point of her knee. When he tires his wife relieves him. Soon
however, the bitter cold of the fierce wind numbs them. They
are likely to freeze before thectedious work is done.
But though the flame of life burns wavering in the hunter,
his brain spurred by the chance of life is still active. From
his hut he brings a shoulder blade of his last dog, and with
this rude implement carves snow blocks and builds a low hut
over the "brown woman's"lap, just large enough for two kneeling
persons. Sheltered now from the cold he and his wife strive
incessantly at the iron. At last a tiny scale flies off. The
man seizes it, draws the edge across his bare finger, and
laughs with joy as it cuts to the bone. But one flake is not
enough. So through the long hours the two toil till another
and another has been loosened.
Then while the woman sleeps exhausted, the man hastily, yet
with all care, fashions his harpoon-head, setting the bits OF
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