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founded hungry." Seeing my face smiling at his trick, he now 

 commenced making another change, thus getting three portions to 

 each of the others' one. This was enough, and it was now time 

 for me to reverse the order of Barbekark's game by playing a trick 

 upon him. Accordingly, every time I came to him he got no 

 fish ; and although he changed his position rapidly three times, 

 yet he got nothing. Then, if ever there was a picture of disap- 

 pointed plans — of envy at others' fortune, and sorrow at a sad mis- 

 fortune — it was to be found on that dog's countenance as he 

 watched his companions receiving their allowance. Finding he 

 could not succeed by any change of his position, he withdrew 

 from the circle to where I was, and came to me, crowding his way 

 between my legs, and looked up in my face as if to say, " I have 

 been a very bad dog. Forgive me, and Barbekark will cheat his 

 brother dogs no more. Please, sir, gi ve me my share of capelins." 

 I went the rounds three times more, and let him have the fish, as 

 he had shown himself so sagacious, and so much like a repentant 

 prodigal dog ! 



This dog Barbekark afterward again made himself remarkably 

 noticed, as I shall have occasion to relate. He shared all my la- 

 bors with me, and was here as my companion in the States, until 

 he died a few months back. 



I now return to an account of my excursion on shore. 



The day was bright and lovely when I ascended the mount- 

 ain. Beautiful crimson snow lay about by the side of large patch- 

 es of the purer white, and as I traveled on, my heart felt as light 

 and buoyant as the air I breathed. The scenery was grand and 

 enchanting. Two or three lakes were passed, one of them half a 

 mile long by the same in width, with its waters at a temperature 

 of 38°, and as clear as crystal, so that the bottom could be dis- 

 tinctly seen. It had deep snow-banks all around it, and yet, to 

 my surprise, musquitoes were floating on and over its surface, 

 breeding by myriads. Some beautiful falls were situated here, 

 walled in by huge mountains and their fragments. Many of these 

 were enormous rocks, apparently capable of being easily set in 

 motion by a man's power with a crowbar, so delicately were they 

 poised upon each other. The frozen waters of winter have been 

 doing wondrous work in throwing down these mountains. If 

 water can find a crack in rocks, they are sure to be broken 

 asunder. 



The inventions of men give them easy power to split rocks 



