6 ALL ABOUT DOGS 



acteristic curl and carriage. I do not consider them very 

 sociable, but they would, I dare say, be all right with 

 persons they knew well. I fancy they are a breed that 

 has never been " made much of," (particularly in their 

 native lands,) by their owners, but usually get what is 

 popularly known as " more kicks than halfpence," and 

 when "off duty," have often to go on short commons, 

 or do a little cadging on their own account, and being 

 thrown on their own resources, we know (on the au- 

 thority of the late immortal " Mr. Weller, Senr." evi- 

 denced in the case of his well known son " Sam ! ") has 

 a great tendency to sharpen the wits, and it is the same 

 with the Esquimaux dogs, who always struck me as 

 very suspicious of attentions from strangers, however 

 well intentioned they may be. 



