429 thirty or forty or more miles of it at a stretch night, fatiguing and cold work. Peter started out with 12 dogs, being his regular team of ten plus two of Pudtlak's. One of the latter held back so much that Peter soon cut his trace and let him return, the other, a female, trot- ted right along with the team and pulled her share of the load. The dogs traveled along at a good gait side by side except for the two outer dogs. These two are the most in- telligent of the lot. They went well out- side the others and were used in guid- ing the team. Peter would call out a certain word and the right leader would crowd in against the team turning it to the left. Another command would similarly bring in the left leader and turn the team to the left, right. The whip was used sparingly to enforce con-