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concern to us. Our sluts have been adding to our 
stock. We have now on hand four reserved puppies 
of peculiar promise; six have been ignominiously 
drowned, two devoted to a pair of mittens for Dr. 
Kane, and seven eaten by their mammas. Yester¬ 
day, the mother of one batch, a pair of fine white 
pups, showed peculiar symptoms. We recalled the 
fact that for days past she had avoided water, or had 
drunk with spasm and evident aversion; but hydro¬ 
phobia, which is unknown north of 70°, never occurred 
to us. The animal was noticed this morning walking 
up and down the deck with a staggering gait, her 
head depressed and her mouth frothing and tumid. 
Finally she snapped at Petersen, and fell foaming and 
biting at his feet. He reluctantly pronounced it 
hydrophobia, and advised me to shoot her. The ad- . 
vice was well-timed: I had hardly cleared the deck 
before she snapped at Ilans, the Esquimaux, and 
recommenced her walking trot. It was quite an 
anxious moment to me; for my Newfoundlanders were 
around the housing, and the hatches open. We shot 
her, of course. 
“October 6, Thursday.—The hares are less numerous 
than they were. They seek the coast when the snows 
fall in the interior, and the late southeast wind has 
probably favored their going back. These animals are 
not equal in size either to the European hare or their 
brethren of the North American continent. The latter, 
according to Seamann, weigh upon an average fourteen 
pounds. A large male, the largest seen by us in 
