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190 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E BASEST
He was a wonderful l i t t l e a n i m a l ; lie never seemed t i r ed
or w e a r y ; he was always ready and w i l l i n g to follow the
track b e a t e r , or the sled ahead of h i m ; for three- fourths of
the e n t i r e j o u r n e y he acted as foregoer or leader of h i s own
team. Years of association w i t h these dogs n a t u r a l l y brings
about an almost human regard or affection for them, and
t h e i r death frequently seems a personal loss.
A l t h o u g h much m o r e of an interesting nature might be
related of this and other northern h a u l i n g dogs, the writer,
w i l l conclude w i t h a few T e m a r k s regarding the appearance
of w h a t , f r o m the perceptible symptoms, must have been
E n g l i s h dog distemper. In summer it was usual to send
the F o r t Simpson dogs to B i g I s l a n d , at the west end of Great
Slave Lake, where fish are more or less abundant all the
year round, to be well fed u n t i l the autumn. E a r l y in
October, 1869, my team of dogs a r r i v e d w i t h the first fish
boat from that p o i n t ; but, to my deep regret, I found
that t w o of the best had been i l l f o r over a week and u t t e r ly
unable to w a l k or even stand up, and they had to be c a r r i ed
f r om t h e r i v e r to a picketed y a r d a d j o i n i n g the officers' residence.
Their hinder parts seemed to be e n t i r e l y paralyzed.
As they w e r e strong and t r i e d animals, I n a t u r a l l y desired
to h a v e them w i t h me on m y then contemplated t r i p to E o rt
G a r r y ( now W i n n i p e g C i t y ) . Knowing that there were
s e v e r a l boxes of H o l l o w a y ' s celebrated p i l l s among the post's
store of medicines, I determined to test their vaunted virtues
b y ascertaining i f they were equally efficient i n canine,
as they claimed to be i n human, i l l s . I began by g i v i ng
them each a dose of five p i l l s , night and morning. After
one week's course I reduced the number to. three, and at
the end of the fortnight there was a perceptible improvem
e n t , which became more marked and assuring as the weeks
w e n t by. About the middle of November I began to harness
and drive them slowly around. The two convalescents
staggered a great deal, and this continued for some days;
but a short time prior to our departvire, on November 30,
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| OCR | 190 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E BASEST He was a wonderful l i t t l e a n i m a l ; lie never seemed t i r ed or w e a r y ; he was always ready and w i l l i n g to follow the track b e a t e r , or the sled ahead of h i m ; for three- fourths of the e n t i r e j o u r n e y he acted as foregoer or leader of h i s own team. Years of association w i t h these dogs n a t u r a l l y brings about an almost human regard or affection for them, and t h e i r death frequently seems a personal loss. A l t h o u g h much m o r e of an interesting nature might be related of this and other northern h a u l i n g dogs, the writer, w i l l conclude w i t h a few T e m a r k s regarding the appearance of w h a t , f r o m the perceptible symptoms, must have been E n g l i s h dog distemper. In summer it was usual to send the F o r t Simpson dogs to B i g I s l a n d , at the west end of Great Slave Lake, where fish are more or less abundant all the year round, to be well fed u n t i l the autumn. E a r l y in October, 1869, my team of dogs a r r i v e d w i t h the first fish boat from that p o i n t ; but, to my deep regret, I found that t w o of the best had been i l l f o r over a week and u t t e r ly unable to w a l k or even stand up, and they had to be c a r r i ed f r om t h e r i v e r to a picketed y a r d a d j o i n i n g the officers' residence. Their hinder parts seemed to be e n t i r e l y paralyzed. As they w e r e strong and t r i e d animals, I n a t u r a l l y desired to h a v e them w i t h me on m y then contemplated t r i p to E o rt G a r r y ( now W i n n i p e g C i t y ) . Knowing that there were s e v e r a l boxes of H o l l o w a y ' s celebrated p i l l s among the post's store of medicines, I determined to test their vaunted virtues b y ascertaining i f they were equally efficient i n canine, as they claimed to be i n human, i l l s . I began by g i v i ng them each a dose of five p i l l s , night and morning. After one week's course I reduced the number to. three, and at the end of the fortnight there was a perceptible improvem e n t , which became more marked and assuring as the weeks w e n t by. About the middle of November I began to harness and drive them slowly around. The two convalescents staggered a great deal, and this continued for some days; but a short time prior to our departvire, on November 30, |
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