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236 THROUGH T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
McClintock asks: " When did the skeletons of these whales
drift to their present position? When did the forest trees grow in
Baring's and Prince Patrick's Land, many of which are still fit for
firewood? And when were the lofty table- lands of North Devon
and North Somerset scored by the immense ravines, broad and
deep, with sides almost perpendicular, and rocky beds, sometimes
100 yards wide, where no rivers now exist, nor even streamlets,
except during the few weeks of summer thaw? Will geology ever
solve these enigmas?"
NABWHAX— Monodon rnonoceros Linnseus.
From Eskimo reports, as well as from the published
accounts of various exploratory expeditions, there can be
no doubt that this marine animal is at least sparingly present
i n almost every section of the Alaskan and Canadian seas of
Arctic America. Doctor Armstrong, of the Investigator,
has noted them among the mammals observed by him; Sir
John Ross, Sir George Nares, and other explorers refer
thereto, while General Greely gives latitude 81° 35' north
as its highest migratory range. r Several skeletons and one
tusk weighing about 14J4 pounds and 7 feet 9j4 inches in
length were found on Boothia Felix during the stay of
Admiral Sir John Ross's party there from 1829 to 1833,
when they abandoned their ship and retreated by boat to
Barrow Strait, where they were rescued by a whaler at
one time commanded by Ross himself. Doctor Armstrong,
the accomplished surgeon and naturalist of the Investigator,
has written that in the large western islands ( Baring and
Melville), " where the soil is arenaceous, animal life is more
abundant than elsewhere; this gradually decreased as we
proceeded to the eastward, where the limestone formation
generally prevailed. But the greater nvunber of bears, seals,
walruses, and sea fowl met with, although these are more
difficult to procure than musk oxen or reindeer, by their
great size afford sufficient compensation; the carbonaceous
element of the food ( fat), the great supporter of respiration
and life, being so largely supplied."
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| OCR | 236 THROUGH T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN McClintock asks: " When did the skeletons of these whales drift to their present position? When did the forest trees grow in Baring's and Prince Patrick's Land, many of which are still fit for firewood? And when were the lofty table- lands of North Devon and North Somerset scored by the immense ravines, broad and deep, with sides almost perpendicular, and rocky beds, sometimes 100 yards wide, where no rivers now exist, nor even streamlets, except during the few weeks of summer thaw? Will geology ever solve these enigmas?" NABWHAX— Monodon rnonoceros Linnseus. From Eskimo reports, as well as from the published accounts of various exploratory expeditions, there can be no doubt that this marine animal is at least sparingly present i n almost every section of the Alaskan and Canadian seas of Arctic America. Doctor Armstrong, of the Investigator, has noted them among the mammals observed by him; Sir John Ross, Sir George Nares, and other explorers refer thereto, while General Greely gives latitude 81° 35' north as its highest migratory range. r Several skeletons and one tusk weighing about 14J4 pounds and 7 feet 9j4 inches in length were found on Boothia Felix during the stay of Admiral Sir John Ross's party there from 1829 to 1833, when they abandoned their ship and retreated by boat to Barrow Strait, where they were rescued by a whaler at one time commanded by Ross himself. Doctor Armstrong, the accomplished surgeon and naturalist of the Investigator, has written that in the large western islands ( Baring and Melville), " where the soil is arenaceous, animal life is more abundant than elsewhere; this gradually decreased as we proceeded to the eastward, where the limestone formation generally prevailed. But the greater nvunber of bears, seals, walruses, and sea fowl met with, although these are more difficult to procure than musk oxen or reindeer, by their great size afford sufficient compensation; the carbonaceous element of the food ( fat), the great supporter of respiration and life, being so largely supplied." |
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