Dog trains on the trail, 
the whip and (lalh — the latter often highly einbcllished— arc 
brought into play. 
Besides profanity, the common terms employed in sled-travcl 
are "Mush" or "Alush on," signifying to start off; "Whoa," to 
stop; "Gee" and "Jah" respectively to go to the right or to the left. 
These exclamations difTer according to the section of the country 
and whether English or French, Indian or Eskimo predominates. 
These I have given are the ones used immediately about the region 
of Hudson's Bay. 
At the start everything is excitement, Indians shouting, dogs 
yelping and getting tangled in the harness. This confusion lasts 
until a start is made. A tripper in the meantime has started off 
ahead in order to make the trail and show the way. This runner 
is allowed to keep two or three miles in advance of the party. 
Many of the animals, especially the leaders, often display a fret- 
fulness in their desire to catch up with the man, or even the team 
in front. This irritability is also seen when a team in the rear 
attempts to pass one ahead of it. 
When it is time to rest, the guide, in advance, selects a stopping 
place and makes a fire. By this time the outfit arrives and finds 
the camp all ready. When the stop for the night has been reached, 
the first thing the Indians do is to give their entire attention to the 
A Michigan gray wolf in the Detroit zoo. 
Hudson's Bay region. 
(logs. The animals are immediately unharnessed and the fish for 
llicm is ])laced before the fire to thaw. 
The dogs will eat anything. It is hard t<j starve them to death; 
in fact, it is incredible how long they can go without sustenance. 
Everytliing must be cached, especially those articles made of animal 
or vegetable matter. Food stored in tin-ware is not proof against 
them. In the winter-time when the dogs are needed they are fed 
regularly. In the Arctic regions the food consists chiefly of seal, 
walrus and bear, with musk-ox and caribou when they are to be 
had. In the wooded areas farther to the south the staple food is 
white fish. The amount of ration depends upon the amount of 
labor the dog is called upon to perform. The more work, the 
greater the allowance. On an average, about three pounds of fish 
are given daily. The meal is always given at the end of the day's 
work, because if given before, the dog is inclined to be lazy and 
shirk his work. When the labor has been unusually severe, then a 
little food is given at the noon sto]). The fish, which is frozen in 
the winter months, is thawed out for the dogs if the travel is in 
wooded country, but if there is nothing with which to make a fire 
then it is given in the frozen state. The short time it takes one of 
these dogs to swallow one of these frozen fishes, which is practi- 
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Husky do^ ol the I iudson's Bay region. 
