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250 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
nor, so far as known, does the male render any assistance
i n rearing them. I am not able to substantiate this statement
by my own experience.
The Hudson's B a y Company does not trade rabbit skins
i n the interior, but from the posts situated on the shores
of Hudson B a y they annually export to England many
thousands. From 1853 to 1877 the total amounted to
1,418,361 skins. Twelve of these years had sales varying
between a minimum of 1,036 i n 1871, to 45,917 i n 1869,
and then from 50,948 i n 1876 to the maximum sale of 174,-
715 i n 1855. The three next years of the series turned out
141,403 i n 1S65, 143,930 i n 1867, and 106,320 i n 1868.
Subsequent to 1877 I have no data, except for January,
1897, when 81,759 skins were sold; January, 1900, w i th
18,372, January, 1902, w i t h 5,857 and January, 1903, with
16,873 skins. The pelt of this valuable food animal is of
great service to northern Indians, who cut up the fur skins
into narrow strips and therewith make them into robes for
their women and children, and tunics or shirts for the men
for winter use, and these garments certainly prove warm
and comfortable for them. The American hare does not
inhabit any of the large islands situated to the north of the
continent. It is there replaced by L. ardicus. Neither d id
McClintock at its extremity ( Bellot Strait) nor Ross at
near its centre on Boothia F e l i x meet with any examples
or traces thereof on that far extending north- eastern portion
of Canada's continental territory. This species has recently
been named i n honour of the writer.
LITTLE- CHIEF HAKE— Ochotona princeps ( Richardson).
Although I have never made the acquaintance of this
hare- like mammal, yet from what M r . Moberly states I i n cline
to think that i t is to be found sparingly on both sides
of the Rocky Mountains as far north as latitude 60°—
Richardson's northern limit. Moberly also refers to a
rabbit about the size of Lepus americanus, of a grayish
colour, which does not change to white i n winter, while its
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| OCR | 250 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN nor, so far as known, does the male render any assistance i n rearing them. I am not able to substantiate this statement by my own experience. The Hudson's B a y Company does not trade rabbit skins i n the interior, but from the posts situated on the shores of Hudson B a y they annually export to England many thousands. From 1853 to 1877 the total amounted to 1,418,361 skins. Twelve of these years had sales varying between a minimum of 1,036 i n 1871, to 45,917 i n 1869, and then from 50,948 i n 1876 to the maximum sale of 174,- 715 i n 1855. The three next years of the series turned out 141,403 i n 1S65, 143,930 i n 1867, and 106,320 i n 1868. Subsequent to 1877 I have no data, except for January, 1897, when 81,759 skins were sold; January, 1900, w i th 18,372, January, 1902, w i t h 5,857 and January, 1903, with 16,873 skins. The pelt of this valuable food animal is of great service to northern Indians, who cut up the fur skins into narrow strips and therewith make them into robes for their women and children, and tunics or shirts for the men for winter use, and these garments certainly prove warm and comfortable for them. The American hare does not inhabit any of the large islands situated to the north of the continent. It is there replaced by L. ardicus. Neither d id McClintock at its extremity ( Bellot Strait) nor Ross at near its centre on Boothia F e l i x meet with any examples or traces thereof on that far extending north- eastern portion of Canada's continental territory. This species has recently been named i n honour of the writer. LITTLE- CHIEF HAKE— Ochotona princeps ( Richardson). Although I have never made the acquaintance of this hare- like mammal, yet from what M r . Moberly states I i n cline to think that i t is to be found sparingly on both sides of the Rocky Mountains as far north as latitude 60°— Richardson's northern limit. Moberly also refers to a rabbit about the size of Lepus americanus, of a grayish colour, which does not change to white i n winter, while its |
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