. Fig. 26.—HEAD OF ESQUIMAUX DOG. there !s a good subsistence for them from the oflFal 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 32 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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