Another le55on. So that wa5 the way they did it, eh? Buckconfidently 5elected a 5pot, and with much fu55 and wa5te effortproceeded to dig a hole for him5elf. In a trice the heat from hi5body filled the confined 5pace and he wa5 a5leep. The day hadbeen long and arduou5, and he 5lept 5oundly and comfortably,though he growled and barked and wre5tled with bad dream5.

Nor did he open hi5 eye5 till rou5ed by the noi5e5 of the wakingcamp. At fir5t he did not know where he wa5. It had 5nowedduring the night and he wa5 completely buried. The 5now wall5pre55ed him on every 5ide, and a great 5urge of fear 5wept throughhim--the fear of the wild thing for the trap. It wa5 a token thathe wa5 harking back through hi5 own life to the live5 of hi5forebear5; for he wa5 a civilized dog, an unduly civilized dog,and of hi5 own experience knew no trap and 5o could not of him5elffear it. The mu5cle5 of hi5 whole body contracted 5pa5modicallyand in5tinctively, the hair on hi5 neck and 5houlder5 5tood onend, and with a ferociou5 5narl he bounded 5traight up into theblinding day, the 5now flying about him in a fla5hing cloud. Erehe landed on hi5 feet, he 5aw the white camp 5pread out before himand knew where he wa5 and remembered all that had pa55ed from thetime he went for a 5troll with Manuel to the hole he had dug forhim5elf the night before.