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beast, he was not good for much latterly, but he had 

 been a first-rate dog, and it was hard, I fancy, for Johan- 

 sen to part with him; he looked sorrowfully at the 

 animal before it went to the happy hunting-grounds, or 

 wherever it may be draught -dogs go to. Perhaps to 



MY LAST DOG, " KAIFAS " 



places where there are plains of level ice and no ridges 

 and lanes. There are only two dogs left now — ' Suggen ' 

 and ' Kaifas' — and we must keep them alive as long as 

 we can, and have use for them. 



" The day before yesterday, in the evening, we sud- 

 denly discovered a black hillock to the east. We ex- 

 amined it through the glass and it looked absolutely like 

 a black rock emers^in"' from the snows. It also somewhat 



