FEEDING THE DOGS. 89 



When it is pleasant weather out of doors 

 they often build a semi-circular wall three 

 or four snow blocks high, and behind 

 this a couple of men cut up the meat, 

 blubber or walrus-hide, and allow but one 

 dog at a time to come in, three or four 

 boys with long whips, their lashes fifteen 

 or twenty feet in length, standing near 

 the open part of the wall to keep the 

 ravenous pack from making a raid. 

 Once or twice I have known dogs to 

 come bounding over the high wall, crush- 

 ing in the snow blocks on the men who 

 were chopping the meat, and stealing 

 several pieces before the boys had 

 finished beating the mingled dogs and 

 men with their whips. 



One winter night, I remember, while 

 on our sledge-journey, returning to 

 North Hudson's Bay, Toolooah was 



