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of the dome for some fresh air, he 

 breathes in a series of short gasps that 

 any one near the 

 hole can readily 

 hear. These holes 

 are so small that 



even the close- 



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kimo hunters, while walking over miles 

 of ice-fields, could easily pass them 

 by without observing them. But if 

 there is a dog along, as in reindeer- 

 hunting, and if the wind is in the 

 right direction, and a seal has been 

 breathing recently in the igloo ^ the dog 

 will scent a seal-hole a hundred yards 

 away, and will lead the hunter to it. As 

 it is very uncertain just how long he will 

 have to wait for the seals, the hunter 

 proceeds at once to cut out two or three 



