The dogs of Great Britain, The dogs of Great Britain, America, and [other] countries : their breeding, training, and management in health and disease,comprising all the essential parts of the two standard works on the dog dogsofgreatbrita00wals Year: 1914 136 PASTORAL DOGS, ETC. for his share. They are harnessed to a single yoke-line by a breast- strap, and, being without any guide-reins, they are entirely at lib- erty to do what they like, being only restrained by the voice of their master, and urged forwiird by his whip. A single dog of tried intelligence and fidelity is placed as leader,
The dogs of Great Britain, The dogs of Great Britain, America, and [other] countries : their breeding, training, and management in health and disease,comprising all the essential parts of the two standard works on the dog dogsofgreatbrita00wals Year: 1914 136 PASTORAL DOGS, ETC. for his share. They are harnessed to a single yoke-line by a breast- strap, and, being without any guide-reins, they are entirely at lib- erty to do what they like, being only restrained by the voice of their master, and urged forwiird by his whip. A single dog of tried intelligence and fidelity is placed as leader, and upon him the driver depends for his oracrs being obeyed. In the summer they arc most of them turned oiF to get theh: own subsistence by hunt- ing, some few being retained to carry weights on their backs. Sledges are then rendered useless by the absence of snow; and, as Fig. 26.—HEAD OF ESQUIMAUX DOQ. there is a good subsistence for them from the ofFal of the seal and the walrus which are taken by the men, the dogs become fat at this season of the year. The Siberian and Greenland dogs are nearly similar to those of Kamtschatka, but somewhat larger, and also more manageable, all being used in the same way. The Es- quimaux dog is about 22 or 23 inches high, and varies greatly in appearance, having been crossed considerably with the Newfound- land and Labrador species. The illustration, fig. 26, represents a
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