Page 46 - Jack's victory and other stories about dogs

treated, fell upon Anma-aya’s neck and shook

her unmercifully. Amna-aya seemed now to
forget her pain and get angry too, for slie made

fisrht with Arkadik, and tlie two rolled over on
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the sntiw.

“ Hi! h|fp shouted the driver. On went the
other five dogs as fast as they could run, and the

two that were !Es£htitt£ fell to the rear and were
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dragged along after the sledge at some distance
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behind.
As soon as this happened they stopped fighting

of course, and tried to get on their legs, which

Was not accomplished for several minutes, how­

ever. They had been drawn a considerable

distance, and poor unfortunate Amna-aya had
struck her head against a sharp piece of ice that

was sticking up about a foot above the surface.

This made her yowl more and more. Her shrieks

of " Amiia-^ya, ay a, ay a, ay a/’ were most distress­
ing to hear,
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’While this was going on, Erebus and Jack—*

the two female dogs having fallen out of their

places-—were brought side by side. Full of anger