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THE DOG. 
who inhabit the northernmost parts of Ame- 
rica, and the adjacent islands, are dependent 
on this animal for most of their comforts ; for 
assistance in the chase ; for carrying burdens^ 
and for rapid conveyance across their snowy 
wastes. These animals, which receive frotf- 
their masters scanty food and abundant chas- 
tisement, aid them in hunting the seal, the 
reindeer, and the bear. In summer one of 
them will carry a burden of thirty pounds 
weight, while attending his master ; in winter, 
yoked in numbers to sledges, they will drag 
several persons at the rate of seven or eight 
miles an hour, and perform journeys of sixty 
miles a dav. 
Captain Parry, in the journal of his seconfl 
voyage to the arctic seas, has given a pictu- 
resque description of the manner in which the 
Esquimaux dogs are employed in drawing 
sledges. 
“ These dogs have a simple harness of deef 
