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tobacco, lighted it and placed it in the whale’s mouth. The whale went off home puffing at intervals, while Glooscap stood on a high hill, and took a last look at his friend.

Even after this emigration, the Indians sometimes visited Glooscap in his beautiful home. He taught them to call it their “beautiful home in the far west, ” and that if they were good they would go there after death. The journey to that region was long and difficult, but the way back was short and easy. First there was a mountain to be crossed. The ascent was up a perpendicular bluff. The descent on the other side was equally difficult, for the top hung out over the base. Then the road ran next between the heads of two huge serpents which darted out their tongues to destroy all passers-by. A wall was next. This was like a thick, heavy cloud separating the present world from the beautiful region beyond. This wall rose and fell at intervals and struck the ground so hard that whoever was caught underneath it was crushed. The good, however, could dart under unscathed.

Not many people nowadays seem to remember that the first original globe-trotter was a Micmac. He went around the world in four minutes—a record to date! However, he always kept one leg tied up to prevent him from running too swiftly. A number of curious Indians had heard this legend but were incredulous.

”Let us see you run!"

In a twinkling the globe-trotter untied his leg and was soon out of sight. In a few minutes he returned from the opposite direction, having run, in the mean- time, around the whole world!