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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



© Donald McEeish 



A LIFE-SAVING ST. BERNARD AND HIS MASTER AT THE HISTORIC STEPS OE THE 

 ST. BERNARD MONASTERY I SWITZERLAND 



One of the most famous dogs of modern times was a St. Bernard — Barry. Among the 

 40 lives saved by him was a child found in the snow and overcome with the drowsiness 

 which precedes death by freezing. The dog restored the child to consciousness by licking its 

 face; then crouched in the snow so that the little sufferer might climb upon him and be 

 carried to the monastery on dogback. Over Barry's grave is the inscription : "Barry, the 

 heroic. Saved 40 persons and was killed by the 41st." The tragedy was due to an unfortu- 

 nate mistake, a lost traveler thinking that his dog rescuer was about to attack him. 



dogs of the North. This race is run 

 over the Pembina trail, from Winnipeg 

 to St. Paul. It is a straightaway course 

 nearly 500 miles long. When Albert 

 Campbell, the Cree Indian, drove his 

 team of six dogs across the finish line at 

 St. Paul, making the 522 miles in 118 



hours and 16 seconds, he won the longest 

 dog-race ever held and set a Marathon 

 mark that will be hard to lower. 



The dogs of the Far North are devoted 

 to their masters, but the eternal cold and 

 the unbroken solitude of the lonely places 

 within the Circle often make the devo- 



