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of the Fort, between the rocky hills, plenty of small timber 

 for house-building and firewood is found, and over at the 

 Catholic Mission a little farm is cultivated, and many luxuries- 

 in the way of root vegetables obtained from it. 



The staple food, however, for both man and dogs (which, 

 latter are important members of the community) is fish,, 

 several varieties of which are caught in abundance in the lake- 



FORT CHIPEWYAN, LAKE ATHABASCA. 



close at hand. One or two whitefish, according to size, is- 

 the usual daily allowance for a dog. 



In the north the dog takes the place which the horse occu- 

 pies in the sovith, and it is a very interesting sight to see th& 

 canine population of the town, perhaps thirty or forty in all, 

 receiving their daily meal. They are called together by the 

 ringing of a large bell, erected for the purpose at all Hud- 

 son's Bay Company posts. At the first stroke all dogs withia 



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