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crouch around for the companionship of men. Both 
animals howl in unison alike: the bell at the settle¬ 
ments of South Greenland always starts them. Their 
footprint is the same, at least in Smith’s Sound. Dr. 
Richardson’s remark to the contrary made me observe 
the fact that our northern dogs leave the same “spread 
track” of the toes when running, though not perhaps 
as well marked as the wolf’s. 
The old proverb, and the circumstance of the wolf 
having sometimes carried off an Esquimaux dog, has 
been alluded to by the editors of the “Diffusion of 
Knowledge Library.” But this too is inconclusive, for 
the proverb is false. It is not quite a month ago since 
I found five of our dogs gluttonizing on the carcasses 
of their dead companions who had been thrown out 
on a rubbish-heap; and I have seen pups only two 
months old risk an indigestion by overfeeding on their 
twin brethren who had preceded them in a like im¬ 
prudence. 
Nor is there any thing in the supposed difference of 
strength. The Esquimaux dog of Smith’s Sound en¬ 
counters the wolf fearlessly and with success. The 
wolves of Northern America never venture near the 
huts; but it is well known that when they have been 
chasing the deer or the moose, tlie dogs have come up 
as rivals in the hunt, beaten them off, and appropriated 
the prey to themselves. 
“October 1C, Monday.—I have been wearied and 
vexed for half a day by a vain chase after some 
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