We had musk-ox meat, an English plum pudding, sponge cake covered with chocolate, and at each plate was a package containing nuts, cakes, and candies, with a card attached: "A Merry Christmas, from Mrs.Peary." After dinner came the dice-throwing contests, and the wrestling and pulling contests in the forecastle.

The celebration ended with a graphophone concert, given by Percy.
But perhaps the most interesting part of our day was the distribution of prizes to the winners in the various contests.

In order to afford a study in Eskimo psychology, there was in each case a choice between prizes.

Tookoomah, for instance, who won in the women's race, had a choice among three prizes: a box of three cakes of scented soap; a sewing outfit, containing a paper of needles, two or three thimbles, and several spools of different-sized thread; and a round cake covered with sugar and candy.

The young woman did hot hesitate.