178 My Dogs in the Northland 



never supposed to take his own supper until 

 all of his dogs were fed. When at length 

 Rover had eaten his full allowance he would 

 leisurely return to his carefully prepared 

 nest-like resting place in the snow, and al- 

 most invariably he found it occupied. 



Then the fun began. The intruder was 

 generally one of the lively dogs that had 

 been off rabbit hunting, until the loud call 

 for supper had speedily brought him back. 

 Quickly had he devoured his meal and then 

 finding this cosy resting-place, so carefully 

 prepared by Rover, he had taken possession 

 and here he was comfortably stowed away, 

 as he imagined, for the night. 



Not so, however, thought Rover. He was 

 in no humour to be thus deprived of his 

 choicely selected and laboriously prepared 

 nest. It was most amusing to watch his 

 efforts to get the intruder out. But as the 

 nest was perhaps two or three feet deep, and 

 the other dog was inside and was showing 

 a set of glittering teeth, and uttering some 

 ominous growls poor Rover at the top could 

 only muster up courage enough to look 

 down at him and say: " Bow-wow- wow ! " 



Little cared the interloper for these 

 " Bow-wow-wows," which he knew Rover 



