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                               another  way.  Jack  made  it  his  business  to  help
                               her/  and  thereby  to  help  himself.                 Cunning

                               fellow!

                                  tip   to  this  tunc  Erebus really  seemed  to  have

                               a liking for  Arkadik;  and  there  is  no  donht  that
                               she  thought  so.  Therefore,  when  he  began  to

                               be  attentive  to Amna-aya she  grew jealous.                 Her

                               place  in  the  team  was  next  to  Erebus,  who  was

                               at  the  extreme  left>  he  being  the  leader  or
                               strongest  dog.  Then  to  the  Tight  of  Arkadik

                                came  Aiima-ay a,  then  Jack,  then  Schnapps,  then

                                Whitey,  and  last  of  all,  at  the  extreme  right,

                                was  Kar^uk,  When  any  additional  dogs  were

                                put  into  the team  their place was between Amna-
                                ay a  and  Jack.

                                   In  order  to  understand  this arrangement  it  is

                                necessary  to  explain  that  the  dogs  were  har­

                                nessed  side  by  side;  and  their  heads  were  just
                                eighteen  feet  from  the  front of  the sledge.  Thus

                                their  traces  were  all  of  the  same  length.            Each

                                dog  had  but  one  trace,  and  the  animals  were  not

                                f<enecl toge ther.  Th ey  w er e g u i d ed  an d  d ri ven,
                                not  with  lines  like  horses,  but  with  a  whip  like
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