24-0 My Dogs in the Northland 



the mission dogs and his call is " Yep! yep! 

 yep ! " which transformed into English is, 

 " Up Guards, and at them." No second call 

 is needed, for this one is thoroughly under- 

 stood, and prompt indeed is the response. 



With Koona at their head, twenty or 

 thirty dogs and pups are off to meet the on- 

 coming foe. 



Generally they met about at the base of 

 the rock, from the top of which Koona had 

 given his saucy challenge. 



And it was a battle-royal. It was mar- 

 vellous how they charged each other and how 

 if one was being worsted, his disengaged 

 comrades came to his rescue. They did not 

 generally fasten on each other, as two 

 fierce dogs in single combat often do, but 

 with wild rushes together would simply try 

 to overpower with weight their opponents 

 and tumble them down in the snow. Still 

 there were some that went in for more 

 serious fighting, and singling out some spe- 

 cial dog with whom, perhaps, they had some 

 old scores to settle, they pitched into him 

 for all they were worth. 



But where was Koona all this time? We 

 had seen him starting the row and bravely 

 heading our dogs to repel the oncoming foe. 



