192 TREATMENT OF DOGS. 



the regular way, will then induce them to budge. If 

 the whip is applied, they throw themselves down in 

 the snoAV, howl vigorously at first, their cries gradually 

 subsiding into a short moan at each blow; occa- 

 sionally a good whipping has the desired effect, and 

 the dog resumes its labour, but the struggle for 

 supremacy between master and beast is often pro- 

 tracted and severe. I have seen men, who knew the 

 temper of the dog they were about to punish, 

 deliberately dispose themselves to the task, place one 

 foot upon their sledge, and, throwing back then- arms 

 to clear their dress, rain down blow after blow upon 

 the wretched creature, sometimes for ten minutes or 

 a quarter of an hour continuously ; it is seldom this 

 treatment fails of success, and the beast, if subdued, 

 becomes tractable enough for a long time : but on 

 one occasion, Amtin, a man of a particularly cold- 

 blooded and savage nature, being displeased with the 

 conduct of one of his dogs, quietly drew his knife, 

 stabbed the animal in two places, unharnessed it, 

 wiped the blade of his weapon on its coat, and 

 proceeded on his visit to the ship without the least 

 concern. 



When ordinary modes of chastisement have failed, 

 the proceedings then instituted are very curious 

 indeed. The driver gets off his sledge, seizes the 



