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by his master, for after rolling himself for a 

 few moments on the sand he made another dive, 

 and another, and another, always with the same 

 successful results, and the best part of his fish- 

 ing was that he only selected the largest and 

 fattest fish. We went home, both very proud 

 in our own way Jack for having been made so 

 much of, and I because of the useful accomplish- 

 ment of my pet. 



As long as the run of fish continued, Jack 

 and I used to resort each day to the eddy. He 

 brought the fish ashore and I put them in the 

 basket. What we could not consume- at the 

 house, the cook salted for winter use. Yes, the 

 winter was coming on, and the thought occurred 

 to me several times what we would do with 

 Jack. Jack, however, made no attempt to take 

 his freedom and forsake us. On the contrary, 

 he manifested greater affection for us all, and, 

 as the days became shorter and the nights 

 colder and longer in that northern latitude, he 

 used to sleep for many hours on a stretch, hud- 

 dled up with the dogs in the kitchen, only going 

 out of doors for an occasional slide in the snow 

 once or twice during the course of each day. 



Even the long winter of the North comes 

 to an end in time, and once again we had open 

 water; the last-bound river was again free from 



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