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to the sleigh when the deer were at the trot as easily 
as their elders. 
The light-heartedness of these children was delight- 
ful to see. They wanted to drive races, but were not 
allowed, because the deer were not at their best. But 
they were laughing and chattering all the time, and were 
much concerned about their puppies, which kept rolling 
helplessly about on the sleighs. 
All other movable things were roped down on the 
sleigh with strips of sealskin; but you can’t rope down 
a fat, round puppy. 
We were not yet promoted to team-driving, so I had 
nothing to do but sit on my sleigh and take snap-shots 
with the camera at anything I chose. Mr. Nettleship’s 
picture gives an admirable idea of the general appear- 
ance of a travelling herd of cows and calves. 
Mekolka was well occupied. With his light adliurs 
and his fine team of five he was continually scouring 
round at the gallop or hard trot, bringing up the 
stragglers. 
When we reached the Pesanka we found it pretty 
much swollen because of the melting snow, and it was 
some time before we could find a fordable place. 
First of all the cows and calves were driven across. 
The dogs hunted them over. The main body went 
readily enough, but some of the cows whose calves were 
small would now and then rebel, calling loudly, and 
charging back on the dogs. And one or two on finding 
