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dog avoided Jack, except when there was a

chance to pick a quarrel with him
This, of course, only applies to the time when

the dogs were not at work. When harnessed to

the sledges* each had enough to do to look out

i'or himsell, and keep his trace stretched, lest the
whip of the driver should cut him. So here Jack

was on an equality with them; lie was, as it were,

a simple private in the ranks.

But this was not the case with all the dogs.
Some were naturally inferior to the rest* and

acknowledged it. In fact, the grades and condi­

tions of men are not more accurately defined.

Tliere were patient dogs, who took everything

without a. murmur. These never asserted their
rights, and, like many human beings, they never

seemed to be aware that they had any. Their

superiors would bite them} and they would not

resist. They were always meek, Then there

were grades higher, one after another, who bit
those below, stole their food, and bullied them

generally. All in turn got treated hy their supe­

riors in like manner. Some would occasionally
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