Page 102 - Jack's victory and other stories about dogs

The animal^ which wag blindfolded, nodded

his head to say yes, as if he had fully compre­

hended the question put to him.

“ The dog on this point is right/' said the

sailor; ** but it does not prove that a journey of
GOO leagues can he performed in half a day”

Why not,” answered the dog through his

master, " if it be in a country where in half a

day there are 360 hours f”
“ In what climate?” said the sailor, much sur­

prised, and beginning to perceive the truth of

the reply*

The spaniel mentioned the frigid zone, *' In
tliat 2one/' said his master, * the days indeed are

of different lengths, from twenty-four hours to

six months. If Captain Cook,” he added, "when

he sailed beyond the Polar circle, had followed a
parallel where the day was only a month long,

he might in half a day, consisting of 860 hours,

have traversed the space of GOO leagues.”

The sailor, being desirous to puzzle the spaniel
and its master in his turn, asked them if they
*
knew a place where the sun and moon might rise