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M A M M A L S OF N O R T H E R N C A N A D A 215
G R A Y SEA- OTTER— L a t a x lutris ( Linnaeus).
D u r i n g the oft- mentioned twenty- five years the Hudson's
Bay Company obtained from the natives of Alaska and
northern B r i t i s h Columbia a total of 4,100 skins of this
formerly abundant but now rare and very valuable sea- otter.
The three best years were 1855, which produced 338 skins;
1856, 319 skins, and 1S58, 343 skins; and the three poor
seasons were 1862 with 84, 1870 with 90, and 1872 with
only 66 pelts. Their London catalogue sales for 1902 and
1903 seen by me do not contain a single entry of this animal.
G R I Z Z L Y BEAR— U r s u s horribilis Ord.
There are no bears of this species i n the Anderson River
country, nor on the adjoining A r c t i c coast, but I believe they
are sometimes encountered, and their skins secured, i n other
parts of the northern districts on the west side of the valley
of the Mackenzie to the Rocky Mountains. The female, it
is said, brings forth one or two, and occasionally as many
as three, at a birth, every third year. The first few years
are always spent by them i n their mother's company, after
which they are expected to provide food, a mate, and hibernating-
quarters for themselves. Comparatively few skins
of this bear are received from the Indians, and they, together
with most of those of U. richardsoni, figure under gray in
the Company's accounts. As all of the four kinds— black,
brown, gray, and white— are grouped together in the fur
sales statement, it is impossible to give the quantities of
each for the period i n question; but the catalogues for 1902
and 1903 furnish details, while their totals are only 143
skins below the average collections for the twenty- five years.
The year 1902 yielded 161, and 1903, 246 skins of the
" g r a y " bear. For fifteen of the twenty- five years ( 1863
to 1877) Mackenzie River District furnished 665 " g r a y"
bears. There are no available data for a similar period for
Athabasca; but i n 1886, 1887, and 1889, 68 more skins
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| OCR | M A M M A L S OF N O R T H E R N C A N A D A 215 G R A Y SEA- OTTER— L a t a x lutris ( Linnaeus). D u r i n g the oft- mentioned twenty- five years the Hudson's Bay Company obtained from the natives of Alaska and northern B r i t i s h Columbia a total of 4,100 skins of this formerly abundant but now rare and very valuable sea- otter. The three best years were 1855, which produced 338 skins; 1856, 319 skins, and 1S58, 343 skins; and the three poor seasons were 1862 with 84, 1870 with 90, and 1872 with only 66 pelts. Their London catalogue sales for 1902 and 1903 seen by me do not contain a single entry of this animal. G R I Z Z L Y BEAR— U r s u s horribilis Ord. There are no bears of this species i n the Anderson River country, nor on the adjoining A r c t i c coast, but I believe they are sometimes encountered, and their skins secured, i n other parts of the northern districts on the west side of the valley of the Mackenzie to the Rocky Mountains. The female, it is said, brings forth one or two, and occasionally as many as three, at a birth, every third year. The first few years are always spent by them i n their mother's company, after which they are expected to provide food, a mate, and hibernating- quarters for themselves. Comparatively few skins of this bear are received from the Indians, and they, together with most of those of U. richardsoni, figure under gray in the Company's accounts. As all of the four kinds— black, brown, gray, and white— are grouped together in the fur sales statement, it is impossible to give the quantities of each for the period i n question; but the catalogues for 1902 and 1903 furnish details, while their totals are only 143 skins below the average collections for the twenty- five years. The year 1902 yielded 161, and 1903, 246 skins of the " g r a y " bear. For fifteen of the twenty- five years ( 1863 to 1877) Mackenzie River District furnished 665 " g r a y" bears. There are no available data for a similar period for Athabasca; but i n 1886, 1887, and 1889, 68 more skins |
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