StNicholas [serial] . h andeaten hot. Thedogs are per-mitted to eatall they too hotthey let it coolin the snow. Ifnear the sea or a river they will cunningly pull the vessel out onthe ice, and test the temperature of the contentswith their long tongues until the mess can be eatenwithout burning the mouth. Frozen fish is the staple food of all native dogs. Once a week the dogs are fed on fresh meatbones. The mail-carriers generally prepare thedog food themselves rather than intrust it toroad-house keepers. In severest weather the dogsare unprotected save by the thick coats of hairthat
StNicholas [serial] . h andeaten hot. Thedogs are per-mitted to eatall they too hotthey let it coolin the snow. Ifnear the sea or a river they will cunningly pull the vessel out onthe ice, and test the temperature of the contentswith their long tongues until the mess can be eatenwithout burning the mouth. Frozen fish is the staple food of all native dogs. Once a week the dogs are fed on fresh meatbones. The mail-carriers generally prepare thedog food themselves rather than intrust it toroad-house keepers. In severest weather the dogsare unprotected save by the thick coats of hairthat nature provides. When a road-house isreached, they often share its shelter with the car-rier, but not infrequently they burrow deep intothe snow-drift and, curled up in their warmth, waituntil bidden to move on Often while the mas-ter tarries but a few moments in a road-house,the snow will have fallen so thick that his teamwill have completely disappeared, their sturdylittle forms making rows of hillocks in the Great. A ROUGH BIT OF THE POST ROAD. only on making time—safely delivering the one playing truant from the line of dutyis chasing the snowbirds that flit across the enticing is this sport that often the driver isat the mercy of the team, which quits the trailand in eagerness to catch the flying coquettes ofarctic winged life, roll the sledge over and oversnowbanks until the birds are theirs. Nome is the mail distributing depot for SewardPeninsula—the gateway to northwestern from the States comes from Seattle bysteamer to Valdez—four days journey. FromValdez to Nome is an overland route of morethan 1500 miles. This distance is covered byfour dog-team relays, each let by the governmentto a separate contractor. The government pays the contractor $40,000 ayear for carrying the mail from Unalaklik to of this sum he pays carriers and all expenses. 390 WHERE DOG IS KING He constructs the sledges, makes the harness and they are hea
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