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miles on a winter journey, and forty miles 
a day has been an average record for a 
good team with a load of, say, a hundred 
pounds in weight. 
The Eskimo is largely used in the North 
West, but a half breed is considered better. 
Many area cross between the Eskimo and the 
ESKIMO FARTHEST NORTH. 
SURVIVOR OF ONE OF THE PEARY EXPEDITIONS. 
Photograph by Mr. W. H. Strick. 
wolf, but the superlative dog for hauling is 
the offspring of the Eskimo and what is 
known in Canada as the Staghound. For 
speed, strength, and staying power, these 
are second to none. Many breeds, however, 
are employed, including the pure Newfound- 
land, who is too heavy and c‘!umsy for 
winter travelling. The Hare Indian, or 
Mackenzie River dog, was formerly used, 
and even the Greyhound and the Spaniel. 
The ‘“ Huskies” so frequently referred to in 
Jack London’s “Call of the Wild,” are of 
the Eskimo and wolf cross, and the “‘ Giddies”’ 
are of similar parentage, bred specially 
by the Indians for hauling purposes. These 
last are willing workers, but vicious brutes, 
who fight their way through summers of 
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semi-starvation and winters of too much 
ill-treatment, hunger and the lash. 
In the Hudson Bay territory four Huskies 
are harnessed to the sled in tandem order, 
the harness consisting of saddles, collars, 
and traces. The leader, or “‘ foregoer,” sets 
the pace, and changes his course at a word 
from the driver, who, whatever his nation- 
ality, speaks to his team in the patois of the 
North. ‘“ Hu” and “ Choic,” anglicised to 
“‘ you” and “‘ chaw,”’ are the words necessary 
to turn the foregoer to right or left. The 
team is started by the command “ Marche.” 
The sled or steer dog is the heaviest and 
strongest of the team, trained to swing the 
ten foot long sled away from all obstacles. 
Some of the Indians and the Eskimos have 
a separate trace for each dog, which enables 
the team to spread out fanwise, when travel- 
ling over thin ice; but for land journeys the 
tandem method is better alike for speed 
and for safety. In the North West the 
harness is made of moose skin, and is often 
decorated with ribbons and little bells. The 
dogs seem to enjoy the tinkling, and if the 
bells are taken away from them they sulk, 
and do not go half so well. As a protection 
against frozen snow the dogs’ feet are pro- 
vided with skin shoes. Their food consists 
of dried and fresh fish, dried and fresh meat, 
blubber, pemmican and imported dog biscuit, 
according to the yield of the country. 
In summer the dogs are turned loose, 
and go off by themselves in packs, but before 
the winter comes on they return to their 
old masters, usually accompanied by pupp:es. 
Both the Samoyede and the Eskimo dog 
may occasionally be seen at shows in Eng- 
land. The former, indeed, appears to be 
becoming popular as a ladies’ pet, probably 
on account of its great beauty. The puppies 
of the Samoyede are more delightfully pretty 
than those of perhaps any other breed, and 
are always attractive to visitors who see 
them in the litter classes. They are like 
fluffy ba'ls of pure white wool. 
Mrs. Kilburn Scott, the Hon. Mrs. 
McLaren Morrison, Mrs. Ringer, and Mrs. 
Everitt, are among the ladies who have 
given most attention to the breed. Mrs. 
Ringer’s Ch. Oussa and Ch. Olaf Oussa are 
