APPENDIX 
i; Note i, p. 4. — Dogs. These included thirty-three sledging dogs 
and a collie bitch, 1 Lassie.' The thirty-three, all Siberian dogs except- 
ing the Esquimaux 1 Peary 1 and ' Borup, 1 were collected by Mr. 
Mearcs, who drove them across Siberia to Vladivostok with the help 
of the dog-driver Demctri Gcrof, whom he had engaged for the expedi- 
tion. From Vladivostok, where he was joined by Lieutenant Wilfred 
Bruce, he brought them by steamer to Sydney, and thence to Lyttelton. 
The dogs were the gift of various schools, as shown by the following 
list: 
Dogs presented by Schools, &c. 
School's, &C, name 
for Dog. 
Russian name 
of Dog. 
Translation, de- 
scription, or nick- 
name of Dog. 
Name of School, Ac, that 
presented Dog. 
Beaumont 
Kumgai 
Isle off Vladi- 
Beaumont College. 
vostok 
Bengeo 
Mann ike 
LittleLcader 
Bengeo, Herts. 
Noogis 
Bluecoat 
Giliak 
Indian tribe 
Christ's Hospital. 
Bristol 
Lappa Uki 
Lop Ears 
Grammar, Bristol. 
Bromsgrovc 
1 Peary ' 
' Peary 1 
Bromsgrove School 
(cost of transport). 
Colston's 
Bullet 
Bullet 
Colston's School. 
Danum 
Rabchick 
Grouse 
Doncaster Grammar Sch. 
Derby I. 
Suka 
Lassie 
Girls' Secondary School, 
Derby, 
Derby II. 
Silni 
Stocky 
Secondary Technical 
School, Derby. 
Devon 
Jolti 
Yellowboy 
Devonshire House 
Branch of Navy 
League. 
Duns 
Brodiaga 
Robber 
Berwickshire High 
School. 
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