258 My Dogs in the 'Northland 



quired for the sixteen dogs are soon ready. 

 The instant the fish begin frizzling in the 

 heat, the fragrance of the coming supper 

 fairly sets some of the more excitable dogs 

 wild. They are however obliged to wait 

 even if it be a hardship, until their drivers 

 have gathered their trains together and 

 then carefully fed them. Great care, and, 

 at times, a good deal of firmness has to be 

 exercised often backed up with the whip, to 

 keep some of the more greedy dogs, after 

 voraciously bolting their own fish, from 

 cunningly attempting to rob some of the 

 others. 



The dogs having been fed and thus dis- 

 posed of for the night, the next thing is to 

 arrange for our own supper. On the camp- 

 side of the fire a little cloth is spread out, 

 and on it, first thoroughly heated to take 

 the frost out of them, are arranged our 

 metal plates and knives and forks. If we 

 are fortunate enough to have flour at home, 

 we will have with us a quantity of well- 

 cooked heavy cakes, made as nearly as pos- 

 sible of half fat and flour. A number of 

 these are thawed out, for everything here 

 freezable is most decidedly frozen. One In- 

 dian with a sharp-pointed stick, lifts the 



