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black-and-white one is called Zanko he appears to be 

 rather old; the two others, which look like sausages 

 with matches underneath, are Ring and Mylius. As 

 you see, they are not very big, rather on the small side, 

 but they are undoubtedly among our best workers. 

 From their looks we have concluded that they are 

 brothers they are as like as two drops of water. Now 

 we will go straight through the mass and see whether 

 we come across any more celebrities. There we have 

 Karenius, Sauen, Schwartz, and Lucy; they belong to 

 Stubberud, and are a power in the camp. Bjaaland's 

 tent is close by; his favourites are lying there Kvsen, 

 Lap, Pan, Gorki, and Jaala. They are small, all of 

 them, but fine dogs. There, in the south-east corner, 

 stands Hassel's tent, but we shall not see any of his 

 dogs here now. They are all lying outside the entrance 

 to the oil-store, where he is generally to be found. The 

 next tent is Wisting's. We must take a turn round 

 there and see if we can find his lot. There they are 

 those four playing there. The big, reddish-brown one 

 on the right is the Colonel, our handsomest animal. 

 His three companions are Suggen, Arne, and Brun. I 

 must tell you a little story about the Colonel when he 

 was on Flekkero. He was perfectly wild then, and he 

 broke loose and jumped into the sea. He wasn't dis- 

 covered till he was half-way between Flekkero and the 

 mainland, where he was probably going in search of a 

 joint of mutton. Wisting and Lindstrom, who were 



