THE ESQUIMAUX DOG. 



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can be made into a good retriever, and therefore this point should 

 be carefully examined in it. 



VIII;— THE ESQUIMAUX DOG. 



The Esquimaux Dog (Youatfc). 



This dog is the only beast of burden in the northern parts of 

 the continent of America and adjacent islands, being sometimes 

 employed to carry materials for hunting or the produce of the 

 chase on his back, and at others he is harnessed to sledges in 

 teams varying from seven to eleven, each being capable of drawing 

 a hundredweight for his share. The team are harnessed to a single 

 yoke-line by a breast-strap, and being without any guide-reins, 



