Jack, the Giant St. Bernard 6j 



friends were merely keeping for pleasure. 

 These would be of great service to me in the 

 work which necessitated my journeying 

 some thousands of miles every winter with 

 my dog trains. My appeals caused a great 

 deal of merriment at the time, so unique did 

 they appear to some. A few good friends 

 who could appreciate the situation re- 

 sponded so kindly and generously that it 

 was not long ere I had the finest dogs in all 

 that great country. 



With them it was a very great pleasure 

 to travel. Possessing all the good qualities 

 of the Eskimo dogs and yet none of their 

 thievish habits, I could rely on them in any 

 emergency, knowing full well that they 

 would do, without fail, everything that 

 could, with reason, be expected from dogs. 

 Including young dogs, I often had as many 

 as thirty in my possession at the same time. 

 This may seem a large number for a mis- 

 sionary to have had, but it must be remem- 

 bered that not only did I generally require 

 four trains for efficient work when on my 

 long winter journeys, but, in addition, there 

 were duties at the home Mission that re- 

 quired the services of generally a couple of 

 strong trains. 



