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154 THROUGH T H E MACKENZIE BASIN
existence of new species and the geographical d i s t r i b u t i on
of others, but also i n o b t a i n i n g specimens to fill up the many
gaps i n the catalogues of well- known animals which are still
unrepresented i n t h e i r national museums.
I n its immense Northwest Territories, situated on both
sides of the Rocky Mountains, and i n the wilds of Quebec,
Ontario, Labrador, and H u d s o n Bay, but especially in the
" Great Mackenzie B a s i n , ' ' the D o m i n i o n of Canada presents
an i n d u b i t a b l y r i c h and v a r i e d field for scientific investigation.
For many years to come there should be ample
room w i t h i n its continental boundaries ( without reference to
the important o u t l y i n g A r c t i c islands and lands which extend
almost to the N o r t h P o l e ) not only for her own and other
B r i t i s h explorers, but also for like- minded brother- workers
from the great neighbouring Republic, to make large and
valuable acquisitions i n a l l branches of natural history; and
i f the former would only take hold of this interesting and
fascinating subject w i t h characteristic zeal, energy, and perseverance
there can be l i t t l e doubt that before the close of
the second decade of the century our great D o m i n i o n would
find itself i n possession of a collection of Canadian objects
and species worthy of the country, and i n some at least, if
not i n most, departments of science, second to none in either
hemisphere.
The scope of country embraced by the f o l l o w i n g Notes
is, i n the main, the same northern section of the Mackenzie
R i v e r D i s t r i c t referred to i n the aforesaid paper on
A r c t i c birds and eggs. It is bounded on the n o r t h by the
Polar Sea, to the outlet of the Mackenzie River; on the
east, by the coast of F r a n k l i n Bay, from Cape Bathurst to
its depth i n Langton H a r b o u r ; on the west, by the Lower
Mackenzie R i v e r ; and, on the south, by the sixty- seventh
parallel of north latitude to its intersection with longitude
124° west. The p e r i o d d u r i n g which the collections herein
mentioned were made extended from the beginning of the
year 1861 to the end o f J u l y , 1866. Fort Anderson ( about
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| OCR | 154 THROUGH T H E MACKENZIE BASIN existence of new species and the geographical d i s t r i b u t i on of others, but also i n o b t a i n i n g specimens to fill up the many gaps i n the catalogues of well- known animals which are still unrepresented i n t h e i r national museums. I n its immense Northwest Territories, situated on both sides of the Rocky Mountains, and i n the wilds of Quebec, Ontario, Labrador, and H u d s o n Bay, but especially in the " Great Mackenzie B a s i n , ' ' the D o m i n i o n of Canada presents an i n d u b i t a b l y r i c h and v a r i e d field for scientific investigation. For many years to come there should be ample room w i t h i n its continental boundaries ( without reference to the important o u t l y i n g A r c t i c islands and lands which extend almost to the N o r t h P o l e ) not only for her own and other B r i t i s h explorers, but also for like- minded brother- workers from the great neighbouring Republic, to make large and valuable acquisitions i n a l l branches of natural history; and i f the former would only take hold of this interesting and fascinating subject w i t h characteristic zeal, energy, and perseverance there can be l i t t l e doubt that before the close of the second decade of the century our great D o m i n i o n would find itself i n possession of a collection of Canadian objects and species worthy of the country, and i n some at least, if not i n most, departments of science, second to none in either hemisphere. The scope of country embraced by the f o l l o w i n g Notes is, i n the main, the same northern section of the Mackenzie R i v e r D i s t r i c t referred to i n the aforesaid paper on A r c t i c birds and eggs. It is bounded on the n o r t h by the Polar Sea, to the outlet of the Mackenzie River; on the east, by the coast of F r a n k l i n Bay, from Cape Bathurst to its depth i n Langton H a r b o u r ; on the west, by the Lower Mackenzie R i v e r ; and, on the south, by the sixty- seventh parallel of north latitude to its intersection with longitude 124° west. The p e r i o d d u r i n g which the collections herein mentioned were made extended from the beginning of the year 1861 to the end o f J u l y , 1866. Fort Anderson ( about |
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