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trained by their native masters to draw sledges and little caAria^es, 

 and on that account are highly esteemed. The carts used in the 

 winter-work are drawn by these dogs, who are almost invariably 

 urged and goaded on beyond their strength, fed only with putrid 

 aalt fish, and an inadequate quantity even of that. A great many 



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Df them are worn out and die before the winter is over; and, when 

 the summer approaches, and the fishing season commences, many 

 of them are quite abandoned, and, uniting with their companions, 

 prowl about, preying on the neighboring flocks, or absolutely 

 starving. 



Mr. Macgregor, however, states that in almost every otlier 

 fart of British America they are valuable and useful. They are 

 remarkably docile and obedient to their masters, serviceable in all 

 the fishing countries, and yoked in pairs to draw the winter's fuel 

 home. They are faithful, good-natured, and ever friendly to man. 

 They will defend their master and their master's property, and 

 sufier no person to injure the one or the other; and, however ex- 

 treme may be the danger, they will not leave them for a minute. 

 They seem only to want the faculty of speech, in order to make 

 their .good wishes and feelings understood, and they are capable 



