1 8 My Dogs in the Northland 



of starvation is the normal condition of all 

 the inhabitants, where might is right, with 

 botli man and beast, it is hardly to be won- 

 dered at, that it is next to an impossibility 

 ever to teach the Eskimo dog to be honest. 

 Steal he will, from puppyhood to old age. 



This weakness for appropriation, with my 

 dogs of this breed, to put it thus mildly, was 

 the constant cause of many rows and con- 

 flicts with them. It was the ultimate reason 

 why, after some winters' experience and ef- 

 forts for their reformation, I at length 

 banished them from my kennels, as far as 

 possible, and filled up my trains with St. 

 Bernards and Newfoundlands or a mixture 

 of breeds in which these predominated. 



Still these Eskimo, or Huskie dogs — for 

 they are sometimes called by one name and 

 sometimes by the other, have justly won for 

 themselves a name and a record that will 

 cause them to hold a high place among ani- 

 mals that have been of real service to the 

 human race. But few of them are ever kept 

 for mere pleasure or pastime. It is because 

 they are so serviceable to man, and at times 

 absolutely invaluable to him, that they de- 

 servedly stand in such esteem with the ad- 

 mirers of the canine race. 



