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rushed down the mountain side in the well-known 
carros, and on one occasion they went for a ride on 
horses of different heights, and looked very comical 
“DOG OVERBOARD !” 
as they galloped off for a day’s enjoyment. One of 
the members, who had a very small horse, had to 
keep his knees uncomfortably near his ears to avoid 
touching the ground, and I believe, had it not been 
for the dignity of the thing, he would have walked. 
The dogs gave much trouble, but much entertain- 
ment, on the outward voyage. It is no joke to have 
ninety savage beasts from Siberia and Greenland on 
the deck of a vessel of only 276 tons, when, besides 
the dogs, thirty-one men have to move about. By 
the noise they made, whether in a quarrel or while 
singing sentimentally in chorus to the big moon in 
