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will probably growl, show his teeth, or even snap ; after 

 which he will lie flat down, and allow himself to be 

 dragged off to prison. The remainder of the twenty-four 

 hours they spend sleeping, puffing and panting in the 

 excessive heat, which, by-the-way, is two degrees of cold. 



THE DOGS r>ASKING IN THE SUN (jUNE 1 3, 1S94) 



KFrotn a Pliotograph) 



Ever}^ now and then they set up a chorus of howls that 

 certainly must be heard in Siberia, and quarrel among 

 themselves till the fur flies in all directions. This 

 removal of the dogs on to the ice has imposed upon the 

 watch the arduous duty of remaining on deck at nights, 

 which was not the practice before. But a bear having 



