In the boat they were generally quiet, though inclined to bite each other's legs at convenient opportunities.

One muddy dog shook himself over me; I forgave him, but his driver did not, the innocent brute receiving several blows for making his toilet in presence of passengers.
The Koriaks have a habit of sacrificing dogs to obtain a fortunate fishery.

The animals are hung on limbs of trees, and the sacrifice always includes the best.

Major Abasa urged them to give only their worthless dogs to the evil spirit, assuring them the fishery would result just as well, and they promised to try the experiment.

Dogs were scarce and expensive in consequence of a recent canine epidemic.
Only a day before our arrival three dogs developed hydrophobia and were killed.
The salmon fishery was very poor in 1866, and the inhabitants of the Ghijiga district were relying upon catching seals in the autumn.