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day each, and this seemed to satisfy them; as they went 

 on their condition improved. The dog harness was gen- 

 erally satisfactory, but could have been improved with a 

 few more swivels, in order to avoid tangling when the dogs 

 jumped over their traces. I think that all dog teams 

 should be taught to be driven, as a man cannot keep pace 

 with dogs, and holding them back in order that a man 

 may go ahead causes them to get fagged out. If they 

 were let go at their best pace, one could, with a light load, 

 say 80 lb. per dog, get forty miles a day out of them 

 over a good surface." 



