For many weeks Miki had been his only chum and comrade.
Held together by the yard-long rope to which they were fastened, Miki and Neewa swept into the frothing turmoil of the rapids.

For Miki it was the kindness of fate that had inspired his master to fasten him to the same rope with Neewa.

Miki, at three months of age--weight, fourteen pounds--was about 80 per cent.

bone and only a half of 1 per cent.

fat; while Neewa, weight thirteen pounds, was about 90 per cent.
fat.