276 My Dogs in the Northland 



on having a person walk on ahead between 

 the two leading dogs to stop them if any- 

 thing went wrong behind. 



To persons who have not in this or other 

 ways tested the strength of the dogs it is 

 simply marvellous what they are able to do. 

 They seem to have a latent strength, which, 

 when excited they are able to put forth, that 

 is almost incredible except to those who 

 have witnessed it. 



I have had six dogs harnessed to a sled 

 on which rested the end of a great stick of 

 green spruce timber, thirty-six feet long and 

 ten inches square. The trail on which they 

 were dragging that heavy load was any- 

 thing but good, and so it was apparently as 

 much as they could do to move it slowly 

 along. Tongues were out and the steady 

 fellows were all pulling in perfect unison, 

 and it seemed as though it would be cruel 

 to try and urge them to quicken their pace. 

 But while we were loth to do it, there was 

 something else that did it and the burst of 

 speed and strength which followed on the 

 part of the dogs was a revelation to us. 



A beautiful fox looking for rabbits sud- 

 denly took it into his head to come out 

 from the dense forest, and as he crossed 



