XVI 



TRAVELLING WITH DOGS IN NORTHERN WILDS 



IN civilized countries the facilities for 

 travel improve as the population in- 

 creases. Railroad and steamboat lines 

 are not built or run where there is no pros- 

 pect of remunerative returns. So we may 

 expect and generally find that the facilities 

 for travel are in accordance with the num- 

 bers and demands of the inhabitants of the 

 different regions of the civilized world. 



In addition to this we have to take into 

 consideration the character of the climate 

 of each country, and what methods of travel 

 are possible, where the usual facilities com- 

 mon to most countries are impracticable. 

 Yet limited as these methods must neces- 

 sarily be in the less highly favoured regions, 

 it is interesting to observe that there are 

 found in all such places some facilities 

 which seem to be in perfect harmony with 

 their environments. Take for example the 

 camel in the tropical deserts, and the 

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