you find a number of men together who pack in 

 exactly the same way. 



Learn your hitch well ; test it in all kinds of hard 

 work ; and you can smile when the other fellows talk. 



PACKING DOGS '^^'^ "^ """"y stretches of 

 country that are so rugged that 

 penetrating them with horses is impossible. 



The Selkirk Mountains, in the "big bend" of 

 the Columbia River, are a good example. Dogs, 

 for this kind of work, are unsurpassed. A good 

 strong dog will cany twenty pounds without diffi- 

 culty. Take four dogs with you, and they can 

 transport a little over one hundred pounds of grub — 

 enough for a long time — while you carry your own 

 pack. 



In summer work of this kind, the dogs vnW 

 practically feed themselves, and as all the wild coun- 

 try of our Northwest teems either with big game, or 

 animals of the marmot family, it is not a difficult 

 matter to get meat. Salmon is also a favorite dog 

 food, and can be found in all the water systems that 

 flow to the Pacific Ocean. 



I have used dogs in some of the ruggedest coun- 

 try in Northern British Columbia, and found them to 

 be good weight-carriers. 



All the harness necessary is a canvas saddle, 

 built in the shape of two large pockets. After the 

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