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voice can be heard beyond a very short 

 distance. 



Thus tied together as it were, and with 

 old Voyageur courageously leading on, they 

 made as much progress as possible under 

 such discouraging circumstances. When 

 the blizzard had settled down into its 

 genuine form, it was evident that it came 

 principally from the northwest. The result 

 was our party had to travel almost in its 

 very face. At times, however, it so swirled 

 and eddied around them that it seemed to 

 come from every quarter of the heavens at 

 the same moment. This revolving, eddying 

 nature of a blizzard is what constitutes its 

 greatest danger, as it makes the task of 

 keeping in the right direction so much the 

 more difficult as there is not the least ves- 

 tige of a road, and the view is so limited 

 that it is utterly impossible to see either the 

 sun or any distant landmark to indicate the 

 route in which parties may wish to travel. 



However, Voyageur was at the head, and 

 there are times when even a, dog's intelli- 

 gence is more than a match for man's ex- 

 perience. 



Fortunately Voyageur, in other years, 



