LEGENDS OF GLOOSCAP 251 ] had been. Near this wigwam there was a i wretched lodge, and in it a poor, helpless- 1 looking old woman, doubled over with age. 'She was really an artful sorceress, Glooscap's (deadly foe, who was determined to kill him. rThe Great Chief knew this at once. The old woman asked him to help her, and Glooscap ipretended to do everything she asked, but while Ihe busied himself in the lodge, he put her iinto a deep sleep by his magic, and went his vway. Soon the sorceress awoke, and when she ffound that she had been outwitted, and that (Glooscap's contempt for her was so great that hhe had scorned even to destroy her, she was ffurious; and in her rage, she pursued him, de- ttermined to be avenged. The Great Chief was in no danger, and there¬ fore he had no fear. He carried in his bosom hiis two little dogs. These dogs were no larger tthan mice, but they could immediately assume tlhe size and fury of the largest animals. As s^oon as the sorceress came near him, Glooscap tcook the little dogs from his pocket, and said tco them: "When I command you not to growl, spring uipon her, and the more loudly I call you off, tlhe more furiously must you tear her." When the sorceress saw the little dogs take on their giant forms, and heard their fierce