The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 139
White Silence of the sleeping world. In Apriland May the mail dogs wear moccasins of mooseor deerskin, for the thaw of the spring sunshinefreezes at night and the ice cuts their feet.. Mail-carriers own all or part of their teams.The dogs are to them almost as their children, sofond of them are… … A ROUGH BIT OF THE POST ROAD. only on making time—safely delivering the mail.Their one playing truant from the line of dutyis chasing the snowbirds that flit across the trail.So enticing is this sport that often the driver isat the mercy of the team, which quits the trailand in eagerness to catch…
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