70 My Dogs in the Northland 



would as well as any dog could put it, say: 

 " Master, this is a very risky place, and 

 so I have just come back for a minute to see 

 if you are all right." 



This, of course, was very kind and 

 thoughtful on the part of Jack, but he was 

 only a dog, and so did not realize that in 

 such erratic movements he was, while show- 

 ing his solicitude for his master, very much 

 adding to the risks that were being run. So 

 after some amusing, and two or three very 

 risky adventures, Jack was relegated to the 

 place of the second dog in the train. Cuffy 

 had the place behind him, while a powerful 

 and well trained dog had the dangerous and 

 responsible position of sleigh dog. The 

 sleigh dog is more liable to accident and in- 

 jury than any other dog in the train. His 

 quick eye and active movements to the right 

 or to the left, in the narrow crooked trail, 

 must ever guard the sleigh from striking 

 against the trees, which at times are so nu- 

 merous and so provokingly in the way. 

 Then if the three dogs in front of him have 

 in their foolishness dashed on between two 

 trees growing so closely together, that it is 

 doubtful if there is room for the sleigh to 

 pass through without injury, it is the duty 



