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During the four years since his puppyhood he had lived the life of a sated aristocrat; he had a fine pride in himself, was even a trifle egotistical, as country gentlemen sometimes become because of their insular situation. But he had saved himself by not becoming a mere pampered house-dog.
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- THE CALL OF THE WILD
- A Series of English Texts, edited for use in Elementary and
- THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
- JACK LONDON
- The Dog in the Northland of America .. The Central Idea of the Book Life of Jack London
- INTRODUCTION
- — To get a broad view of the scene of this story turn
- White Horse, and Skagway.
- Beach. From Skagway the trail ^ mounted northwest
- Pass or the more famous White Pass. Once across the
- Canada. The journey back to Skagway lay over sub-
- INTBOBUCTION
- Dawson and that led to the stealing of Buck for service
- XI
- Thornton and his companions at the Lost Mine was of
- Gorban, the white hound of Umhad the Welsh bard,
- Legend tells us of the mighty Samr who avenged his
- Luxemburg on the festival of St. Hubert pilgrims throng
- He appears nameless or named as companion of the
- English writers from Chaucer's day to our own. Great-
- The dogs used in Upper Canada and in xA.laska were
- Mackenzie River dogs, resemble the Arctic fox. The
- XV
- Yet in every domestic animal there still remain in-
- Buck is represented as the perfect product of genera-
- XVll
- The memory-seeds of the wild or half-tamed dog,
- Buck's falling away from man-made habits as retro-
- XIX
- To one with London's zest of life all these adventures
- I got mine."
- East End of London and told of w^hat he saw there in
- A few^ minor events in London's life will help to fill
- INTRODUCTION
- XXV
- Jack London, in less than a score of years, brought into
- Bonanza, and one of which gives a picture of a dog
- Bellew," the latter giving a vivid account of a stampede
- INTRODUCTION
- " The Road," an
- Jack London's Place as a Writer. — It is as yet too
- In America, opinion is divided. Due recognition is
- XXlX
- ** Old longings nomadic leap,
- Wakens the ferine strain."
- 6 THE CALL OF THE WILD
- 15 "That makes a hundred and fifty," the saloon-
- The kidnapper undid the bloody wrappings and
- For two days and nights this express car was dragged
- 10 was all very silly, he knew; but therefore the more
- INTO THE PRIMITIVE 9
- 10 THE CALL OF THE WILD
- 10 club, but his madness knew no caution. A dozen
- INTO THE PRIMITIVE 11
- INTO THE PRIMITIVE 13
- 20 he ate and slept, or yawned between times, and took
- Queen Charlotte Sound and rolled and pitched and
- 15 ence, and by virtue of his whip receiving instant obedi-
- 25 to stop at "ho," to go ahead at "mush," to swing
- THE LAW OF CLUB AND FANG 19
- THE LAW OF CLUB AND FANG 21
- a token that he was harking back through his own
- THE LAW OF CLUB AND FANG 23
- Dave was wheeler or sled dog, pulling in front of
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The Geographical Setting of "The CaU of the Wild."
to the map of Alaska. Cutting that territory about in two is the mighty river Yukon. In imagination pass up this river from its mouth. Just after you cross the Canadian boundary line you will reach Dawson, the geographical centre of " The Call of the Wild." The region lying about Dawson and mostly east of the Yukon is the famous gold region known a...
Now let us look over the route of the story a bit more closely, remembering that ours is the Klondike of a score of years ago, not the railroad and steamboat Klondike of to-day. Most of the scene of this story is laid between Skagway, the ocean end of the Klondike trail, and Dawson, the commercial centre of the Yukon gold-fields of northwest Canada...
over the great coastal mountains, by way of Chilkoot
mountains travellers moved north, in winter taking ad- vantage of the more level surface afforded by the many frozen lakes and rivers. Thus on the customary route they traversed Lakes Tagish, Marsh, and Lebarge. Thence they passed down the Lewes River, over or around the Rink Rapids, to the Yukon River at the point of its formation by the junction ...
stantially the same ground, with variations according to the condition of weather and ground. TA\4ce Buck, the dog hero of this tale, made the trip from Skagway to Dawson and back. On the third, trip north he came under the protection of John Thorn- ton, and from then on he moved with Thornton here and there on prospecting tours with Dawson as a ba...
IX City, Alaska; and in among the Tanana hills, which lie in Alaska about three hundred miles west of Dawson. On the trip that led to the finding of the Lost Mine and to Buck's return to *'The Wild," the prospecting party left Dawson and sledded south seventy miles up the Yukon to the mouth of the Stewart River, up which they moved past the tributa...
as a sled-dog. Placer-Mining. — Broadly speaking gold is taken from the earth by quartz-mining or by placer-mining. In the former process the metal is separated by mechani- cal and chemical processes from the rock in which it occurs. Placer-mining seeks to recover from the pebbles or sand in which it is found the *'free" gold. This occurs in sizes ...
the sluice is run a stream of water. The gold-bearing earth is fed in at the upper end ; the lighter materials are washed out at the lower end of the sluice, while most of the heavy gold is caught by the riffles. Though there are further refinements of this process where necessary means are at hand, the sluicing done by John
the simpler kind. The Dog in Literature. —The powerful appeal made by "The Call of the Wild" is but another illustration of the prominent place of the dog in the legend, folk-lore, and romance of many nations. In prehistoric times, with the horse, the sheep, and the cat, the dog became domesticated. His faithfulness, patience, courage, and ready ad...
was honored by his master with a lay expressing the expectation that they would again meet in heaven. Indeed, from this same general belief of Celt and Nor- man arose the custom of interring with the dead chief- tain his favorite hound. So, too, later centuries show us sculptured in marble the faithful friend of hunt and household lying at the feet...
master's death ; of Vigr, who once steered a ship home safely and who at Olaf's death remained on the grave until he perished of starvation ; of Sauer, gifted with human speech ; of Houdain, who shared with Tristrem and Ysonde the " drink of might." The pages of the past reveal other instances of dog INTRODUCTION xin heroes. Three saints have the d...
his shrine for a blessing on themselves and their dogs.
great and noble of the earth. Velazquez and Land- seer have rendered him homage on some of their noblest canvasses. He has been the theme of our
est of all friends of the dog is Scott. '' Every shade of canine feeling, every development of canine nature may be studied in the pages of Sir Walter." Rab, Bob Son of Battle, and Greyfriars Bobby are more recent testimonials. Divers regions of divers ages have brought into being, each its great dog. In " The Call of the Wild," Jack London has giv...
in the earlier days of settlement principally "huskies," with their cross-breeds, and Malmutes. The *' huskies,"
Malmutes are Alaska Indian dogs crossed with the wolf and resembling wolves in appearance. Such dogs weigh between forty and eighty pounds. With the rush of adventurers to the gold-fields came a demand that could not be supplied from local sources. This led to the shipping from Lower Canada and the United States of larger breeds of dogs, such as th...
dog for passage inland from the coast. Around the settlements he was the beast of all work. On the winter snows transportation was (and for the most part still is) by means of sleds. These sleds, long and narrow, were built of strong, tough wood. The various parts of the sled were fastened together, to an extent at least, with rawhide thongs, not o...
stincts — inheritances from the wild state, the primi- tive or primordial state — which cause an animal to act automatically under given conditions. For example, the dog turns around before lying down and on moon- light nights bays at the moon.
tions of careful breeding. He comes from a home where he has thoroughly acquired man's ways. His sense of sight, of smell, of hearing have become comparatively INTRODUCTION
dulled because not acutely needed for his existence. Man has sheltered him and provided his food. Once thrown on his own resources Buck's dulled senses and slumbering instincts are aroused. One by one return memories of life in the days when his ancestors hunted with the pack ; of the first contact of the dog tribe with early man, from whom we ours...
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
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him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
him was Buck, then came Sol-leks ; the rest of the lO team was strung out ahead', single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.
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The Call of the Wild. I: Into the Primitive. II: The Law of Club and Fang. III: The Dominant Primordial Beast. IV: Who Has Won to Mastership. V: The Toil of Trace and Trail. VI: For the Love of a Man. VII: The Sounding of the Call. Colophon.
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