. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. 53° THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. miles on a winter journey, and forty miles a day has been an average record for a good team with a load of, say, a hundred pounds in weight. The Eskimo is largely used in the North West, but a half breed is considered better. Many are a cross between the Eskimo and the. ESKIMO FARTHEST NORTH. SURVIVOR OF ONE OF THE PFARY EXPEDITIONS. Photograph by Mr. W. H. Strick. wolf, but the su
. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. 53° THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. miles on a winter journey, and forty miles a day has been an average record for a good team with a load of, say, a hundred pounds in weight. The Eskimo is largely used in the North West, but a half breed is considered better. Many are a cross between the Eskimo and the. ESKIMO FARTHEST NORTH. SURVIVOR OF ONE OF THE PFARY EXPEDITIONS. Photograph by Mr. W. H. Strick. wolf, but the superlative dog for hauling is the offspring of the Eskimo and what is known in Canada as the Staghound. For speed, strength, and staying power, these are second to none. Many breeds, however, are employed, including the pure Newfound- land, who is too heavy and clumsy for winter travelling. The Hare Indian, or Mackenzie River dog, was formerly used, and even the Greyhound and the Spaniel. The " Huskies" so frequently referred to in Jack London's " Call of the Wild," are of the Eskimo and wolf cross, and the " Giddies" are of similar parentage, bred specially by the Indians for hauling purposes. These last are willing workers, but vicious brutes, who fight their way through summers of semi-starvation and winters of too much ill-treatment, hunger and the lash. In the Hudson Bay territory four Huskies are harnessed to the sled in tandem order, the harness consisting of saddles, collars, and traces. The leader, or " foregoer," sets the pace, and changes his course at a word from the driver, who, whatever his nation- ality, speaks to his team in the patois of the North. " Hu " and " Choic," anglicised to " you " and " chaw," are the words necessary to turn the foregoer to right or left. The team is started by the command " ; The sled or steer dog is the heaviest and strongest of the team
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