them. The great woman boats were packed, the kyaks of the men
waited beside them in a row on the beach, with their noses in the
water.

The dogs barked and raced up and down the beach, the babies
crowed, and the children shouted for joy. Even the grown people
were gay. They talked in loud tones and laughed and made jokes.


II.

At last Kesshoo shouted, "All ready! In you go!" He told each
person where to sit.

He put the Angakok in one boat to steer. He put Koko's father in
the other.

In Koko's father's boat he placed Koko and his mother and the
baby, Koolee and the twins, the pups, all three dogs, and four of
the women who lived in the other igloos. So you see it was quite
a large boat.

In the Angakok's boat he placed his two wives, and all the rest
of the women and children and dogs. The women took up the
paddles. One end of the boat was partly in the water when they
got in. The men gently pushed it farther out until it floated.

Then the men got into their kyaks at the water's edge, fastened
their skin coats over the rims, and paddled out into deep water.