ut before,
he put life into the Tupilak, and said to it then:

"Go out now, and eat up Qujavarssuk."

The Tupilak paddled out after him, but Qujavarssuk had already reached
the shore, and was about to carry up his kayak on to the land, with
a catch of two seals. Now the Tupilak had no fear but that next
day, when he went out, it would be easy to catch and eat him. And
therefore, when it was no later than dawn, it was waiting outside his
house. When Qujavarssuk awoke, he got up and went down to his kayak,
and began to make ready for hunting. He put on his long fur coat,
and went down and put the kayak in the water. He lifted one leg and
stepped into the kayak, and this the Tupilak saw, but when he lifted
the other leg to step in with that, he disappeared entirely from its
sight. And all through the day it looked for him in vain. At last it
swam in towards land, but by that time he had already reached home,
and drawn the kayak on shore to carry it up. He had a catch of two
seal, and there lay the Tupilak staring after him.

When it was evening, Qujavarssuk went to rest. He slept, and awoke,
and got up and made things ready to go out. And at this time the
Tupilak was waiting with a great desire for the moment when he should
put off from land. But when he put on his hunting coat ready to row
out, the Tupilak thought:

"Now we shall see if he disappears again."

And just as he was getting into his kayak, he disappeared from
sight. And at the end of that day also, Qujavarssuk came home again,
as was his custom, with a catch of two seal.

Now by this time the Tupilak was fearfully hungry. But a Tupilak can
only eat men, and therefore it now thought thus:

"Next time, I will go up on land and eat him there."

Then it swam over towards land, and as the shore was level, it moved
swiftly, so as to come well up. But it struck its head on the ground,
so that the pain pierced to its backbone, and when it tried to see
what was there, the shore had changed to a steep cliff, and on the
top of the cliff stood Qujavarssuk, all easy to see. Again it tried
to swim up on to the land, but only hurt itself the more. And now
it was surprised, and looked in vain for Qujavarssuk's house, for
it could not see the house at all. And it was still lying there and
staring up, when it saw that a great stone was about to fall on it,
and hardly had it dived under water when the stone struck it, and
broke a rib. Then it swam out and looked again