APPEARANCE OF A CAMP AT NIGHT. — DOG TERRORS. 93 



without it is exposed to direct and prolonged radiation. 

 Now and then a watchful dog raises his head, probably 

 disturbed by some slight movement of the sleepers ; he 

 looks once round and buries his face again. Sometimes 

 a dog will utter a low warning growl, when three or four 

 other dogs, probably old stagers, will rouse themselves 

 for an instant, listen and growl, generally all looking in 

 one direction and snuffing the air. A half-breed sits up, 

 looks at the dogs, observes their mien and actions, and 

 after a moment's pause, uttering the word " wolves," he 

 quickly coils himself under his blanket again. 



The most disagreeable part of the daily routine of a 

 long winter's journey is the catching and harnessing of 

 the dogs. Some of these animals at the beginning of 

 winter, when fresh at their work for the season, are ex- 

 ceedingly restive under coercion of any description, and 

 not unfrequently snap at their masters, who invariably arm 

 themselves with very strong mittens of buffalo or deer hide 

 when harnessing a savage and powerful animal. They 

 require long-continued and most severe punishment to 

 make them obedient to the word of command. The 

 treatment to which many of the poor beasts are sub- 

 jected would give them a fair claim to the protection of 

 a law against cruelty to animals. The faces of some of 

 our dogs were dreadfully disfigured by the blows which 

 their unfeeling and thoughtless masters inflicted on them. 

 An Esquimaux whip is the instrument which every driver 

 should be compelled to use, but the half-breeds trust to 

 sticks and stones, or any object within reach on the road, 

 which is picked up as they pass and thrown at the dogs. 

 It is painful to witness the sudden start of terror with 

 which each animal, looking over his shoulder as he trots 

 along, watches the mien and motions of the driver as he 

 poises the stick, which he knows how to throw with 



