Page 11 - Jack's victory and other stories about dogs

made of snow. In sucli a snow-hut Jack was
born. In the same hut, and at the same time, a

child was born too. The dog was very large, and

for that reason was called Oosisoak; the child

wTas very small, and for that reason was called
Oosisuit. These two grew up together, hut

before the child had cut a tooth the dog; was

harnessed to a sledge, and taught to drag him
about.

The country where this happened was Green-

land, and there the natives use dogs as we do
horses. They could not do without them. Dogs

are also trained in, other Arctic regions for the

same purpose. In some countries the reindeer is

used, as in Lapland; but though thousands of
reindeer run wild in Greenland, none have ever

been tamed there; and, indeed, if they were

tamed they could not be used, since the country

is so very rugged and mountainous that it could
not be traversed by them. The people travel

only on the sea in the winter, over the ice on

sledges drawn by dogs; in the summer, in boats
made of tanned skins.