THE ESQUIMAUX DOG. 
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and in carriage. Indeed, those Dogs which are thus kept to their work during the entire year 
are comparatively happy, for their work is not nearly so heavy as in the winter, and their food 
is much better. 
The Esquimaux Dog is rather smaller than the Labrador, being only twenty-two or 
twenty-three inches in height. There is something very wolhsh about the Dog, owing to its 
oblique eyes, bushy tail, and elongated muzzle. In its full face the Esquimaux Dog presents 
ESQUIMAUX DOGS. 
a ludicrously exact likeness of its master’s countenance. The color is almost invariably a 
deep dun, marked obscurely with dark bars and patches ; the muzzle is black. 
When harnessed to the sledge, the Dogs obey the movements of their leader, who is 
always a faithful and experienced old Dog. There are no means of guiding the animals in 
their way, for each Dog is simply tied to the sledge by a leathern strap, and directed by the 
voice and whip of the driver. The whip is of very great importance to the charioteer, for by 
the sounds which he elicits from the lash, and by the ably-directed strokes which he aims at 
refractory Dogs, he guides the canine team without the aid of bit or bridle. 
