Excerpt from Snow-Shoes and Sledges: A Sequel to "the Fur-Seal's Tooth" OF course, if every reader of this story had also read its forerunner there would be no need of introducing its characters, for they would already be Old friends. We would merely meet them at the place where they have been patiently awaiting us all this time, give them an encouraging nod Of recognition, and tell them to go ahead with their adventures as fast as they pleased. That would be well enough for us who are acquainted with them; but to those who may chance to read this sequel without having first read the story that gives it a reason for being, the references to people, things, and incidents of the past that must necessarily be made from time to time would be confusing. Therefore it seems fitting that those characters of the previous story who are to figure with any prominence in this one Should be properly introduced and in order to avoid the discriminating partiality of the author, who would be apt to say too much concerning those whom he fan cied, or too little about those whom he disliked, each one Shall be given the privilege Of introducing himself. TO begin with, here is our Old friend Phil Ryder. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.