Dog Sledging in the North 



little so-called ridges, which sometimes attain 

 the remarkable height of four or five feet. 



Up to the time of leaving this camp we had 

 very little opportunity to use snowshoes, as 

 the snow was not yet — about the last of No- 

 vember — deep enough to make these neces- 

 sary. We hunted all of the time in mocca- 

 sins, boots of any description being simply out 

 of the question, as they would soon freeze as 

 hard as iron. After the cold weather set in, 

 one day's experience with boots was quite suf- 

 ficient for me, and I came to the conclusion, as 

 I had often before in other regions, that it is 

 very difficult to improve, in the matter of 

 clothing, upon the customs of the country. 

 The sudden change to moccasins was v^ery 

 tiring at first, but after one gets used to walk- 

 ing in them he will find that he can walk fur- 

 ther and hunt better in them than any other 

 style of foot-gear. We used, as I remember, 

 first one or two pairs of heavy woolen socks, 

 then a very heavy so-called "German" sock, 

 coming up to the knee, over which we wore 

 the high laced moccasin of the country. 



Before we had very long been engaged in 

 moose huntinor we all learned that we were not 

 so expert in the art of killing big game as we 



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