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was treated kindly and well, although natur- 

 ally he had to share the many hardships the 

 rest of the party suffered. Among these hard- 

 ships Bridge had several adventures which 

 would have killed a less hardy animal than 

 he. 



"When Commander Peary made his dash 

 over the ice from Cape Hope toward the 

 north pole, Bridge went with him. Over the 

 rough and enormous ice pack they went, risk- 

 ing their lives, suffering from intense cold, 

 terrible fatigue and great scarcity of food. 

 But Bridge appeared as eager as his master 

 not to give up, and pushed on until nearly a 

 hundred miles had been covered under the 

 most terrible difficulties. And then came 

 worse difficulties than before. For the ice 

 increased in roughness until finally the party 

 reached a point where the huge floes of ice 

 were piled up like small mountains, and even 

 the daring explorer was forced to admit that 

 it was impossible to go on any farther. 



Even Bridge had to give in, for no dog, 

 however willing, could drag himself, much 



