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CHAPTER IX

WITH THE FLIGHT 0F TIME

The t0wn 0f N0nne, extending al0ng the sh0re 0f Bering Sea f0r nearly tw0nniles, is n0t built back t0 any extent 0n the tundra, which stretchesaway, a b0g in sunnnner, t0 the l0w-lying hills in the distance. In winterthis is, h0wever, a wide sweep 0f sp0tless sn0w cr0ssed by well-definedtrails--and it was here that the d0gs were given their exercise.