152 THE CHILDREN OF THE COLD. 



this place is reached, the dog smells the 

 reindeer, and commences sniffing the air 

 as if anxious to get toward them. Boreas 

 allows the dog to advance slowly, still 

 holding on to the harness so that the 

 dog shall not run away. As soon as it 

 scents the deer, it goes directly toward 

 them, and when it is quite near, it grows 

 excited, and commences to jump and to 

 jerk the harness-trace by which Boreas is 

 holding it ; being a well-trained hunting- 

 dog, however, it never barks so as to 

 frighten the deer by the sound. 



Boreas s father now knows from these 

 excited actions of the dog that the rein- 

 deer must be close at hand, although he 

 can not see them for the fog. So he tells 

 Boreas to hold the dog and remain in 

 that spot, while he takes his bow or gun 

 and crawls cautiously forward in the 



