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nervous sensitiveness he was a valuable 

 sleigh dog and had any amount of endur- 

 ance. Harnessed in a train of four dogs he 

 faithfully did his work and never shirked, 

 as many of the other dogs at times did. 



When on my long trips, often of hundreds 

 of miles with four dog trains and three or 

 four Indian companions, the first thing we 

 did when the camping place for the night 

 was selected, was to unharness the dogs. 

 As the camping place in the snow must be 

 dug out and prepared to be our resting place 

 for the night, it was an hour or more before 

 it was possible to thaw out the frozen fish 

 for the hungry dogs' supper. To this delay 

 the dogs became accustomed, and in various 

 ways employed themselves until the scent of 

 the thawing fish brought them in hungry 

 groups as near to the blazing camp fire as 

 possible. 



Some of the younger animals with hunt- 

 ing instincts, got up a rabbit hunt, as at 

 certain parts of the country, during some 

 winters, the rabbits swarmed in vast- multi- 

 tudes. Rover had had enough of rabbit ex- 

 periences and so never bothered himself 

 with any hunting excursions. lie did, how- 

 ever, amuse and interest us with his elabo- 



