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occasions a general divergency, accom- 
panied by the usual yelping and showing of 
® teeth. The dogs then come together 
^gain by degrees, and the draught of the 
IS accelerated : but, even at the best 
times, by this rude mode of draught, the 
^^aces of one third of the dogs form an angle 
® thirty or forty degrees on each side of the 
action in which the sledge is advancing, 
other great inconvenience of the Esqui- 
method of putting the dogs to, besides 
‘ of not employing their strength to the 
® advantage is the constant entanglement 
ho traces by the dogs repeatedly doubling 
tb ^^om side to side to avoid the whip ; so 
^ after running a few miles, the traces 
'^ays require to be taken olF and cleaned. 
In directing the sledge, the W'hips act no 
pos^ ®®®o’^fial part, the driver for this pur- 
^it^ certain words, as the carters do 
hs, to make the dogs turn more to the 
