1912] 
THE DOGS' CURE FOR SLACKNESS 
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twelve miles south from Corner Camp. The mules here 
took on their full loads and proceeded south before we 
could get up to them. Here the remainder of the surplus 
weights of the dogs was left. 
Kasoi, one of the dogs, had refused for that day to 
work ; no amount of beating would induce him to do so. 
We therefore took him off tJie trace and tied him with the 
harness to the rear of tlie sledge. Demetri's team, who 
were following, realised that something was wrong with 
this dog : they pulled their very hardest with the idea 
of getting up to him and finishing iiim. Kasoi realised 
what this meant, and it decided him in favour of work as 
nothing else could have done. ITe resumed liis pulling, 
and never slackened his trace afterwards. 
On the night of the 4th and the morning of the 5tli of 
November we had got on to a very good surface ; we 
started early and light, in order to reach the mules before 
they had started, and this we eventually did after we had 
made our twelve miles. In view of their condition and 
the tired dogs I decided to give animals and men a day's 
rest at this place. Tiie weather, which had been windy 
and drifting up to now, had begun to clear and would give 
the animals some chance of drying off, as well as having 
a good night's rest. 
Gulab, Williamson's mule, had been badly chafed by 
the breast harness on liis shoulder. Williamson had 
changed him to his collar and almost immediately after 
the first day of this he cliafed again. Throughout the 
whole of his journey Williamson took the very greatest 
care of his animal and invented various new and clever 
