64 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES dreams must mean that I am about to be trans¬ formed into a Megumoowesoo ." That day they saw a great shark swimming about in their bay. He seemed to be chasing the small fish. He came close to the shore, but he did not sing as the whale had done in the In¬ dian's dream. This seemed to the man and his wife an evil omen. But soon afterward there came trotting to them over the sea the same small dog which had been their pilot from the land of the giants. The dog wagged his tail for joy at seeing them, and seemed to be wait¬ ing for some message from the man. The man understood, and he said, "I will make you a visit in three years' time, and I will look to the southwest." Then the dog licked the hand and ears and eyes of the man, and went home as before, over the sea, running over the water. When the three years had passed, the Indian entered his canoe, and paddled out into the great water without fear. He found his way to the land of the giants, and he saw the great wigwam standing on the beach, and the huge canoes drawn up on the shore. He saw the old giant coming down from far off to meet him, but he was alone. When he had been welcomed in the wigwam he learned that all the sons were dead. They had died three years before, when the shark—