Dog Sledging In the North 



of the temperature is kept. During our trip, 

 and especially while we were on the east side 

 of the lake, the temperatures recorded were 

 very low, often 45 degrees below zero. In 

 fact, during our absence there was a record 

 of 50 degrees below zero at Selkirk and 

 Winnipeg; and, as we were over a hundred 

 miles to the north, it is not unreasonable to 

 J, appose that the temperature was quite as 

 ^w, if not lower, with us. It must not be for- 

 gotten, however, that, except for the cracking 

 pf the frozen trees, it is deathly still and quiet 

 ^n these regions when the temperature drops 

 to 10 degrees below zero. Indeed, when the 

 temperature is below that point, it is usually 

 much more comfortable for one who is out in 

 such weather than a temperature of zero, or 

 even 20 degrees above, with a heavy wind. 

 Under these conditions, however, an ordinary 

 man when out hunting cannot occasionally sit 

 down on a log and smoke his pipe, for any 

 length of time, with a great amount of pleas- 

 ure. Like the persecuted boy in the play, 

 although there are no policemen about, he is 

 compelled, and indeed is usually perfectly will- 

 ing, to keep "movin' on." 



After leaving Big Island, as I remember the 

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