Dog Sledging in the North 



arrival at the spot marked by their beds in 

 the snow. Not until then had occurred to me 

 what is well known to many who still-hunt 

 moose, namely, that before lying down they 

 generally make a long loop to the leeward, 

 returning close to their trail, so that they 

 can readily get the wind of anyone following 

 upon it long before he reaches them, when, of 

 course, they quietly get up and sneak away. 

 In fact, they do not seem to have an atom of 

 curiosity in their composition, and in this are 

 different from most other wild animals that I 

 have known. By making these long loops to 

 the leeward the hunter reduces to a minimum 

 the likelihood of being smelt or heard by the 

 moose; and in these animals the senses of 

 smell and hearing are very acute, although 

 their eyesight seems to be bad. 



Having quite satisfied myself as to what it 

 was necessary to do, I waited until the next 

 day to put it into execution, because by the 

 time I had made my discovery it was about 

 half past 2 o'clock, and the sun was near the 

 horizon. 



The following day I went out bright and 

 early, and, after varying success in finding a 

 good trail, I ^^^ across a trail made by five 



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