ones, they keep them for the baby until it is a
man or woman. They also give a reindeer to the person who is the first
to find that the baby has cut a tooth.

The Lapp boys and girls have very few toys. The toys they have they
make themselves. The boys make willow flutes and play on them. When
the boys go on the water they have long, narrow boats like canoes.
Some boys also make sleighs.

Many of the boys and girls go to school. They learn to read and write
and count.

There are towns near the sea and by the rivers and lakes. In these
towns they have schools and churches.

GREENLAND.

Very strange people live in Greenland. They are called Eskimos.
Greenland is a country very far north. It is always cold there. So
the children need warm clothing. Their stockings are made of birdskin.
The soft feathers keep their little feet very warm. Their shoes are
made of sealskin.

An Eskimo girl does not wear skirts. Her clothes are like her
brother's. Her trousers are made of white bearskin. Her jacket is
made of fur. When she goes out sleigh riding, she puts on fur mittens.
Do you know what a fur boa is? This little girl wears one around her
neck. It is made of the tail of a fox. The strings to it are made of
long pieces of skin.

[Illustration: An Eskimo Girl.]

Perhaps you think the Eskimo children are white. No, they are brown.
Their faces are round and fat.

Our babies ride in carriages, but an Eskimo baby rides on its mother's
back. The mother wears a coat with a pocket on the back of it. The
pocket is lined inside with soft reindeer skin. This makes a nice warm
nest for baby.

[Illustration: Eskimo Mother and Baby.]

In Greenland all the boys and girls have sleds. The runners of the
sled are made of bone. The top is made of strips of sealskin. It has
a back for the boy or girl to lean against. Dogs draw the sled across
the snow. But the Eskimos also have sleds made of ice. I think you
would like an ice sled. Oh, how fast it runs over the snow! The boys
and girls have fine fun with these sleds!

They play a nice game in the snow with their sleds. I will tell you
about it. Do you know what a reindeer is? It is like a deer, but it
has long, branching horns. The horns are called antlers. When the
Eskimos kill a reindeer for meat, the boys and girls get the antlers.
They set these antlers up in the snow on a hillside. They leave spaces
between the antlers. Then the bo