144 The Carnivora. 
terrier) like the mournful cadence of their voices, and he 
kept dashing out into the darkness, barking furiously, 
and again returning to the verandah when the enemy had 
retreated for a space. Suddenly, during one of these raids, 
“ Jack’s” voice ceased, he did not return, and nothing more 
was ever seen of the plucky little fellow. There cannot be a 
doubt that he found a grave inside the stomach of a dingo. 
' The Eskimo dog so closely resembles the great Arctic 
wolf that its derivation from that species is indubitable. 
Without these animals to draw his sledge and help im pro- 
curing food, life would be impossible to the Eskimo of 
the Arctic regions; and in proportion as he possesses a large 
or small team he takes his position in Greenland or Alaskan 
society. Should the animal become extinct, he will certainly 
follow it. The emigrations which took place in Dr. Rae’s 
view from West to East could not have been performed 
without the dog. As a last resource, and occasionally by 
way of luxury, the Greenlander eats his dog, while the latter 
is kept in such a state of semi-starvation that he is fain to 
turn the tables on his master if not held in the strictest 
subjection by severe treatment. Dr. Hayes, on returning 
to the hut one day, was set upon by the whole team of 
thirteen hungry dogs, and, but for the fortunate circumstance 
of finding the driver’s whip lying at hand, would assuredly 
have been devoured, as has happened to many an Eskimo. 
Nothing comes amiss to them; the harness will all disappear 
during the night if it is left out in their company. .They 
will, it is said, endeavour to snap off a man’s hand if he 
thoughtlessly removes his glove. 
Dr. Bessels describes how one day on board the “Polaris” 
the porcelain handle, with its usual iron rod, fell off one 
of the cabin doors, and five or six of the dogs made a rush 
at it. A momentary struggle ensued, the door handle was 
swallowed, but neither it nor the dog proved any the worse. 
These hardy fellows curl themselves up and go to sleep on 
the ice when the thermometer is far below zero. ‘Huxley 
