Leather harness was on the dogs, and leather traces attached them to a sled which dragged along behind.

The sled was without runners.

It was made of stout birch-bark, and its full surface rested on the snow.

The front end of the sled was turned up, like a scroll, in order to force down and under the bore of soft snow that surged like a wave before it.

On the sled, securely lashed, was a long and narrow oblong box.