when they stopped by Lake Laberge

when they stopped by Lake LabergeBut Spitz was always showing hislinear actuatorteeth tolinear actuatorBuck， trying to start a fight． And Buck knew that if he and Spitz fought， one of them would die．

The fight almost happened one night when they stopped by Lake Laberge．There was heavy snow and it was very cold．The lake was frozen and Francois， Perrault， and the dogs had to spend the night on the ice， under a big rock． Buck had made a warm hole in the snow and was sorry to leave it to get his piece of fish． But when he had eaten． and returned to his hole， he found Spitz in it． Buck had tried not to fight Spitz be－fore， but this waslinear actuatortoo much． He attacked him angrily． Spitz was surprised． He knew Buck was big， but he didn’ t know he was so wild． Francois was surprised too， and guessed why Buck was angry． ‘Go on Buck！’ he shouted．‘Fight him， the dirty thief！’

Spitz was also ready to fight， and the two dogs circled one another， looking for the chance to jump in． But suddenly there was a shout from Perrault， and they saw eighty or a hundred dogs around the sledge． The dogs came from an Indian village，and they were searching for the food that they could smell on the sledge． Perrault and Francois tried tolinear actuatorfight them off with their clubs， but the dogs， made crazy by the smell of the food，showedlinear actuatortheir teeth and fought back．