Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 513
ch let by the governmentto a separate contractor. The government pays the contractor $40,000 ayear for carrying the mail from Unalaklik to Nome.Out of this sum he pays carriers and all expenses. 390 WHERE DOG IS KING He constructs the sledges, makes the harness and they are heavier at this time,… … A DOG TEAM RESTING AT THE POST -OFFICE. Unlike most of the high-bred dogs of Nome,the mail teams are not kenneled in summer, butfollow their masters, who, like every one in theNorthland from parson to scavenger, have min- about the camp with a very important air. Theirsis the center of the stage.…
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