A fox in
England and a bear in Canada must be killed in a certain way by men of
caste.]
Now, having learned all these things, he asked the chief's son how he
could learn to see the fishes of the sea. And being told that he must
collect all kinds of fishes' bones, and burn them and pound them to
dust, he did so; and, having blown them up into the wind, he could see
all manner of fish and call them to him.
This young man went afar in his thoughts; for reflecting that the
whales were giant-like in power, he wondered what might be done by
magic with them. And his friend said that it was true that the whales
could give to man unearthly power and exceeding long life. "For," said
he, "they never die till they are killed, and by their aid one may live
on till life borders on immortality." So burning a piece of whale-bone
(_pootup-awigun_), he pounded it to powder, and, standing on a
rock that jutted out into the sea, the sorcerer blew the dust seawards.
And erelong he saw dark spots far away, and as they grew to be more
numerous they became larger, and yet more numerous anon, and for every
grain of dust which he blew there came a whale; and yet he blew again
seven times. Then the whole school of immense creatures came towards
him; and he that was largest, or the sagamore of the whales, swimming
close to the man on the rock, said, "Why hast thou called me?" And he
replied, "Make me strong.
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