And in this way the old one gave him that name.
Now Qujâvârssuk grew up, and when he was grown big enough, the strong man said to the old one:
“Make a kayak for him.”
Now the old one made him a kayak, and the kayak was finished. And when it was finished, he took it by the nose and thrust him out into the water to try it, but without loosing his hold. And when he did this, there came one little seal up out of the water, and others also. This was a sign that he should be a strong man, a chief, when the seals came to him so. When he drew him out of the water, they all went down again, and not a seal remained.
Now the old one began to make hunting things. When they were finished, and there was nothing more to be done in making them, and he thought the boy was of a good age to begin going out to hunt seal, he said to the strong one:
“Now row out with him, for he must go seal hunting.”
Then he rowed out with him, and when they had come so far out that they could not see the bottom, he said:
“Take the harpoon point with its line, and fix it on the shaft.”
They had just made things ready for their hunting and rowed on farther, when they came to a flock of black seal.
The strong one said to him: