Show we IN THE FAR NORTH horses find sustenance under ma many feet of snow ny A recent book on oil the tile coun cour try says in Noi november 18 herseg wore were left to die on the t rails and jr dawson there was neither bork ork nor not feed for them horsey horses aue offered 4 to me for their keep keel but I 1 re refused fusel these same horses wandered an lorea up in tho the hills where thi silo snow was five feet deep they brushed the snow away with feet and nose bindl lug clous cious ni whortleberries berries blaek blackberries borries all aad raspberries in III great reat quantities the lowest authentic record at the bar racks in was as 57 degiers below zero yet in tho the spring the horsek were re claimed by their and looked infinitely bettel than when lien turned out to die at the beginning ct t the winter this was a lesson as well e I 1 I 1 as a cevela tion during the tile summer of 1893 horses were imported into the tile kion klon dike in numbers and 1200 1 of them passed the next winter in transport ing m ran 0 n an and d supplies fro from i dawson to tho the mines the dogs N were ere almost en ea superseded and their value formerly became merely noal nominal for a good horse alter atter all could pull a ton over tho the smooth icy trail trails a labor that would teju acquire lre three sleighs and twenty dogs |