It was a whole day before she could induce Baree to drag this stick without turning at every other step to snap and growl at it.

Then she fastened another length of babiche to him, and made him drag two sticks.

Thus little by little she trained him to the sledge harness, until at the end of a fortnight he was tugging heroically at anything she had a mind to fasten him to.
Pierrot brought home two of the dogs from the island, and Baree was put into training with these, and helped to drag the empty sledge.

Nepeese was delighted.

On the day the first light snow fell she clapped her hands and cried to Pierrot: "By midwinter I will have him the finest dog in the pack, mon pere!" This was the time for Pierrot to say what was in his mind.