WINTER MAIL ROUTE. 61 



FOXES are seldom hunted in our northern "Sporting Resorts" 

 with hounds; a practice most fascinating. Will not our Southern 

 and Eastern cousins ''sound the horn" and with the "music of the 

 race" awaken " the slumbering echoes" and charm the gods of 

 Nature ? 



The Winter Mail Boiife. 



LEAVING THE LA POINTE P. O. , BOUND FOR BAYFIELD, ON THE 

 OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CHANNEL. 



The above was engraved from a photograph and is true to life, 

 just such a scene as the writer has often witnessed. These dogs 

 appear, and actually are, very intelligent. A team of three 

 will haul eight hundred to a thousand pounds. They travel where 

 horses can not go, being light of foot a slight crust on the snow 

 holds them up. They are largely of the Newfoundland breed, but 

 many of them are mixed, dog and wolf. Many wonderful stories 

 are told of these almost human animals. They have saved many 

 lives, and have often performed feats that required mental calcula- 

 tion and judgment, even beyond the capacity of many human 

 brains. 



