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Foiled in his efforts in this direction, he 

 next tried the obstinate dodge of balking. 

 He threw himself on the snow and, refusing 

 to move, was dragged along by the three 

 strong dogs in front of him. It was now 

 high time for Jack to interfere, and so I 

 shouted : " Shake him, Jack ! " Permission 

 was all that Jack had been waiting for. With 

 a roar like a lion he sprang at the obstinate 

 Caesar, harnessed directly in front of him, 

 and, seizing him by the back, gave him a 

 good shaking. Poor Caesar, securely har- 

 nessed up and being dragged along by dogs 

 in front was powerless to resist, yet so ob- 

 stinate was he, that he took that shaking 

 without yielding. The fact is, I don't think 

 Jack hurt him very much. But he must be 

 conquered and so I shouted to Jack : " Go 

 for him again ! " 



This time Jack adopted an entirely differ- 

 ent method, and one that proved completely 

 successful. Instead of seizing hold of 

 Caesar's great body, he began nipping, with 

 his sharp teeth, at his legs and feet, that 

 were stretched out behind, as the dogs in 

 front were dragging him along. 



Jack must now have bitten him pretty 



