FEEDING THE POGS. gi 



in, dragging a big wolf after him, its 

 white fangs showing in its black mouth 

 in a way that made us shudder. This 

 was the big dog Toolooah had been feed- 

 ing, but it did not understand the cus- 

 toms of the Eskimo dogs well enough to 

 know that it must stop eating when only 

 half satisfied ; and this ignorance cost it 

 its life. 



The wolves of the Arctic, by the way, 

 are much larger, more powerful and 

 ferocious than those seen in our country ; 

 and when pressed with hunger, they do 

 not hesitate at all to make a meal off the 

 Eskimo dogs, which they kill and eat at 

 the very door of the igloo, if not pre- 

 vented in some way. They are very 

 much afraid of a bright light, however, 

 and they will not come around a village 

 or even a single igloo so long as they see 



