Caesar, the Clever Rascal ill 



had no coal, it will be seen at once that we 

 required a very large quantity. So in se- 

 curing the needed supply there was much 

 labour for both men and dogs. 



During this hard work of dragging home 

 these heavy loads of wood, the dogs were fed 

 on what were called full rations, which was, 

 two good white fish each a day. Martin 

 Papanekis, one of the most trustworthy serv- 

 ants a man ever employed, had the oversight 

 of the work and was specially responsible 

 for seeing that the dogs were well looked 

 after and that each one received his full ra- 

 tions. This was a matter that had to be at- 

 tended to at each feeding time. If it was ne- 

 glected and the greatest vigilance not exer- 

 cised, the more powerful and greedy dogs 

 would quickly rob the weaker ones. As the 

 fish were frozen like rocks, Martin's usual 

 plan was to place, in the morning, a dozen of 

 these large fish in a sheet-iron square pan 

 under our kitchen stove. The rest required 

 were thawed elsewhere. The heat of the 

 stove would not only thaw out these fish, but 

 by the time they were required in the eve- 

 ning when the dogs had finished their day's 

 work, they were half cooked and thus ren- 

 dered much more palatable to the dogs. 



