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of the largest dog-kennel. However, we got hold of them in 

 time before any serious damage was done, and cleared away the 

 snow round the kennel, so that they could not climb up again to 

 go on with this amusement. 



On February loth one of "Sussi's" puppies littered. We 

 took her on board, and laid her in a large box filled with shav- 

 ings. We allowed her to keep only one of her five pups; we 

 killed two at once, one was born dead, and she had devoured 

 her first-born, the cannibal ! 



Some days later "Kara" had a litter. She was the only one 

 of the dogs who manifested any maternal instinct. It was quite 

 touching to see her, and we felt sorry to have to take the pups 

 away from her; but we were forced to make away with them, 

 not only because it was impossible to bring them up at that 

 time of the year, but also because the mother herself was only a 

 puppy, delicate and diminutive. 



In the beginning of March the October whelps were let out 

 all day, and on March 5th we put them, with the older dogs, 

 under the hood of the fore-companion. In the evening the 

 cover was put on, and when during the night the hole near the 

 edge of the ice became filled up with snow, it got so warm in 

 the hutch that the hoar-frost and ice melted and all the dogs got 

 wet. The pups felt the cold terribly when they were let out in 

 the morning, and we therefore took them down into the saloon 

 until they were warm again. 



