Bingo 



IV 



Early in the spring I had begun Bingo's 

 education. Very shortly afterward he began 

 mine. 



Midway on the two-mile stretch of prairie 

 that lay between our shanty and the village of 

 Carberry, was the corner -stake of the farm; it 

 was a stout post in a low mound of earth, and 

 was visible from afar. 



I soon noticed that Bingo never passed with- 

 out minutely examining this mysterious post. 

 Next I learned that it was also visited by the 

 prairie wolves as well as by all the dogs in the 

 neighborhood, and at length, with the aid of a 

 telescope, I made a number of observations that 

 helped me to an understanding of the matter 

 and enabled me to enter more fully into Bingo's 

 private life. 



The post was by common agreement a regis- 

 try of the canine tribes. Their exquisite sense 

 of smell enabled each individual to tell at once 

 by the track and trace what other had recently 

 been at the post. When the snow came much 



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