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them, as hunters would say. And so it 

 was in this case ; and as soon as they 

 were " to windward " of the little snow 

 village which we were building, our keen- 

 est-scented dog, Parseneuk, a beautiful, 

 curly-haired, sharp-eared, lithe-built black 

 fellow, that always led all chases after 

 swift game, smelt the musk-ox robes, and 

 with his thoughts full of the day before, 

 its exciting chase, and, better than all, its 

 good fine meal of musk-ox meat he 

 dashed over the ridge to investigate. 

 The result I have stated. The poor dog 

 seemed as badly sold as I had been, for 

 all the camp had been drawn out by the 

 excitement and noise ; and so long as the 

 boys kept the shaggy robes over their 

 shoulders and faces, and kept their backs 

 together with their heads outward, as do 

 the musk-oxen themselves when sur- 



