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Title: The call of the wild
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: London, Jack, 1876-1916 Frank Tirro Collection. NcD
Subjects: Animal welfare Feral dogs Pet theft Sled dogs Dogs
Publisher: New York London : The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: Duke University Libraries
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the lives of his forebears; for he 52 THE CALL OF THE WILD was a civilized dog, an unduly civilized dog,and of his own experience knew no trap andso could not of himself fear it. The musclesof his whole body contracted spasmodicallyand instinctively, the hair on his neck andshoulders stood on end, and with a ferocioussnarl he bounded straight up into the blindingday, the snow flying about him in a flashingcloud. Ere he landed on his feet, he saw thewhite camp spread out before him and knewwhere he was and remembered all that hadpassed from the time he went for a stroll withManuel to the hole he had dug for himselfthe night before. A shout from Francois hailed his appear-ance. Wot I say ? the dog-driver criedto Perrault. Dat Buck for sure learn queekas anyting. Perrault nodded gravely. As courier forthe Canadian Government, bearing importantdespatches, he was anxious to secure the bestdogs, and he was particularly gladdened by thepossession of Buck. Three more huskies were added to the
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FRANCOIS. THE LAW OF CLUB AND FANG 55 team inside an hour, making a total of nine,and before another quarter of an hour hadpassed they were in harness and swinging upthe trail toward the Dyea Canon. Buck wasglad to be gone, and though the work washard he found he did not particularly despiseit. He was surprised at the eagerness whichanimated the whole team and which was com-municated to him; but still more surprisingwas the change wrought in Dave and Sol-leks.They were new dogs, utterly transformed bythe harness. All passiveness and unconcernhad dropped from them. They were alert andactive, anxious that the work should go well,and fiercely irritable with whatever, by delayor confusion, retarded that work. The toilof the traces seemed the supreme expressionof their being, and all that they lived for andthe only thing in which they took delight. Dave was wheeler or sled dog, pulling infront of him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ;the rest of the team was strung out ahead,single file, to th

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