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is something like shinny, one of the games yon play. They also play a
game with a sealskin hall about as big as a baseball. They strike the
ball with their hands and try to keep it in the air all the time. The
Eskimo boys play football very well. They think it great fun. They
never touch the ball with their hands; they only kick it.
The girls have dolls made of wood, with fur clothes. The dolls look
like the little girls themselves.
Perhaps you would like to know about the houses the Eskimos live in.
They have summer houses and winter houses. The summer house is a tent
made of skins. The winter house is made of stones and earth covered
with snow. It is not much higher than a man. They have a strange way
of getting into these houses. A long, narrow passage leads from the
door on the outside. They must crawl on their hands and knees along
this passage. Then they go through a small opening into the house.
The long passage keeps out the cold.
[Illustration: A Winter House.]
There is only one room in the house. Everything is done in this room.
They sleep and eat and cook in it. The beds are of sealskins, and are
made on a bench along the wall.
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