was already in chase. Then he came to a big rock,
and as there was no help for it, he commenced to run round. When he
had run round it for the third time, he grasped his harpoon firmly,
and without turning round, thrust it out behind him, and struck
something soft. He had struck the other in the side.

Having now killed this one, and as there was no help for it, he
wandered on at hazard, and came to a great plain. And in the middle of
the plain was something which looked like a house. And he went up to
it and found it was the house of a dwarf, and no end of people coming
out of it. One went in and another came out, and so they kept on. He
tried to get into the passage, but could not even get his foot in.

Then he heard someone inside saying:

"Heave up the passage way a little with your back, and then come in."

When he came in, it was a big place, and the old creature spoke to him,
and said:

"When you go out, look towards the west; the inland-dwellers are
coming."

And when Makite went out, he looked towards the west, and there he
saw a great black thing approaching, and when he then came in again,
the old man went to the window and called out:

"Here they are; they are close up now."

And then the dwarfs went out to fight, and took up their posts on
the plain, one party opposite the other, and none said a word.

But suddenly the dog that was with the inland folk gave a great bark,
and there came a mighty wave of water, rolling right up to the dwarfs.

But when it had come quite close to them, it suddenly grew quite
small. And then the dwarfs' dog gave a bark. And at the same time
the dwarfs' wave arose, and washed right up over the inland folk,
and drowned them, and only few of them escaped alive.

When they came home again, Makite built himself a house, and from
the high hill fetched some of those things which looked like candles,
and hung them up in his house. And he lived there in his house until
he died.

And here ends this story.

ASALOQ

Asaloq, men say, had a foster-brother. Once when he had come home after
having been out in his kayak, his foster-brother had disappeared. He
sought for him everywhere, but being unable to find him, he built a big
umiak, and when it was built, he covered it with three layers of skins.

Then he rowed off southwards with his wife. And while they were rowing,
they saw a black ripple on the sea ahead. When they came to the place,
they saw that it was t