358 THE POINT BARROW ESKIMO. 
very littie difficulty in petting the half dozen dogs which we had at 
the station, and they grew to be very much attached to the laborer 
who used to feed them. The natives treat their dogs well as a rule, 
seldom beating them wantonly or severely. Though they do not allow 
them to come into the houses, the dogs seem to have considerable at- 
tachment to their masters. Considerable care is bestowed on the pup- 
pies. Those born in winter are frequently reared in the iglu, and the 
women often carry a young puppy around in the jacket as they would a 
child. 
We saw no traces of the disease resembling hydrophobia, which has 
wrought such havoc in Greenland and Baffin Land. I once, however, 
saw a puppy apparently suffering from fits of some kind, running 
wildly round and round, yelping furiously, and occasionally rolling 
over and kicking. The natives said, “ Malukd/lirua, asi/rua”, (‘* He is 
howling | ?];! he is bad”), and some of the boys finally took it out on the 
tundra and knocked it on the head. 
The dog harness, 4nun (Gr. anut), consists of a broad strip of stout 
rawhide (from the bearded seal or walrus), with three parallel loops at 
one end, frequently made by simply cutting long slits side by side in 
the thong and bending it into shape. The head is passed through 
the middle loop and a foreleg through each of the side-loops, bringing 
the main part of the thong over the back. This serves as a trace, and 
is furnished at the end with a toggle of bone or wood, by which it is 
fastened to beckets in a long line of thong, the end of which is usually 
made fast to the middle of the first slat of the sledge. The dogs are 
attached in a long line, alternately on opposite sides of this trace, just so 
far apart that one dog can not reach his leader when both are pulling. 
The most spirited dog is usually put at the head of the line as leader, 
and the natives sometimes select a bitch in heat for this position, as the 
dogs are sure to follow her, The same custom has been observed by 
Kumlien at Cumberland Gulf? Ten dogs are considered a large team, 
and few of the natives can muster so many. When the sledge is 
heavily loaded men and women frequently help to drag it. The dogs 
are neyer driven, and except over a well known trail, like that between 
Utkiavwid and the whaling camp in 1883, will not travel unless a 
woman trots along in front, encouraging them with cries of “ An! an! 
tala! tila! (Come! come on!), while the man or woman who runs be. 
hind the sled to guide it and keep it from capsizing, urges them on with 
cries of “ Kit! kit! (Get on! get on!), occasionally reproving an individual 
dog by name. After they are well started, they go on without much urg- 
ing if nothing distracts their attention. It is not easy to stop a dog 
team when the destination is reached. Commands and shouts of “ Lie 
down!” are seldom sufficient, and the people generally have to pull 
'T failed to get the hue ition of this word, but it seems to be connected with the Greenlandic 
milavok, he howls (a dog—). 
2Contributions, p. 51. 
