Therefore she had prayed that the wild dog of the trapline might escape.
As Le Beau came nearer she saw that what he drew after him upon the snow was a sledge-drag made of four lengths of sapling, and when, a moment later, she looked down at its burden, she gave a little cry of horror.
Miki's four feet were tied so firmly to the pieces of sapling that he could not move.

A cord about his neck was fastened to one of the crossbars, and over his jaws Le Beau had improvised a muzzle of unbreakable BABICHE thong.

He had done all this before Miki regained consciousness after the clubbing.

The woman stared, and there was a sudden catch in her breath after the little cry that had fallen from her lips.

Many times she had seen Jacques club his dogs, but never had she seen one clubbed like this.