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colour was a light yellow. The remaining two

dogs of the team were females; and they were
called Arkadik and Amna-aya. The latter was

so named from the peculiarity of her cry when

she was hurt “ Amna-aya " is the chorus to an

Eskimo song: and her cry was so like the
singing of these people, that the sailors gave her

that name. She would ff amna-aya ” on the

slightest provocation, When she got a cut from

the whip, she would continue howling it for
half a mile. Tt was all pretence, however, and

was nothing but an appeal for sympathy, which

she seldom got. I have often heard her use the

word, if I may so speak, at a terrible rate, and

for fully half-an-hour, when she had been eating
too fast, and thought she wag going to choke.

She was a great coward; but still she was strong,

and worked well when harnessed to the sledge.
Her colour was a dark gray; and altogether

she looked much like a wolf. Her nose was

pointed, her ears were peculiarly sharp, and her

legs very long.

Arkadik, on the other hand, had short legs