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MAMMALS OF N O R T H E R N CANADA 179
follows: The catch of lynxes for each of ( say) three seasons
when they are least numerous, or rather comparatively
scarce, fell sometimes as low as 4,000 or 5,000 skins as the
entire output for the immense extent of territory covered
by the Hudson's Bay Company's business operations. The
fourth year would double these quantities, the fifth often
more than doubled the fourth, the sixth doubled the fifth,
while the seventh almost invariably witnessed the maximum
trade of skins. The eighth would still be good, while the
ninth and tenth would each exhibit a startling decline in the
returns, which in quantity would closely correspond with
the sixth and fifth years, respectively, in each decade. Indeed,
the regularity of these peculiar results in seasons of
scarcity and plenty is remarkably interesting.
The Canada lynx is very widely distributed over the
Great Mackenzie Basin." It feeds on eggs, ducks, partridges,
mice, stranded fish, and occasionally on a land- captured
beaver, young deer, or sheep, while rabbits, of course,
form their staple article of diet. It is chiefly taken in
snares; some are trapped, and others are followed up with
dogs, treed, and shot. The flesh is white and tender, and is
an important and much- relished native country product. The
female is said to bring forth from two to five, and not unfre-quently
as many as six, at a birth annually in June and
July, the period of gestation being about three months. The
young are about the size of a puppy, with the eyes partly
open, but are very helpless for several days. They are
suckled for about two months.
For the twenty- five years from 1853 to 1877, inclusive,
the company sold in London a total of 507,450 skins of the
Canada lynx, or an average of 20,298 a year. During that
period, the minimum sale was 4,448 in 1863, and the maximum
year was 1868, with 76,556 skins. The number
entered in their catalogue in 1902 is 5,701, and in 1903,
9,031.
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| OCR | MAMMALS OF N O R T H E R N CANADA 179 follows: The catch of lynxes for each of ( say) three seasons when they are least numerous, or rather comparatively scarce, fell sometimes as low as 4,000 or 5,000 skins as the entire output for the immense extent of territory covered by the Hudson's Bay Company's business operations. The fourth year would double these quantities, the fifth often more than doubled the fourth, the sixth doubled the fifth, while the seventh almost invariably witnessed the maximum trade of skins. The eighth would still be good, while the ninth and tenth would each exhibit a startling decline in the returns, which in quantity would closely correspond with the sixth and fifth years, respectively, in each decade. Indeed, the regularity of these peculiar results in seasons of scarcity and plenty is remarkably interesting. The Canada lynx is very widely distributed over the Great Mackenzie Basin." It feeds on eggs, ducks, partridges, mice, stranded fish, and occasionally on a land- captured beaver, young deer, or sheep, while rabbits, of course, form their staple article of diet. It is chiefly taken in snares; some are trapped, and others are followed up with dogs, treed, and shot. The flesh is white and tender, and is an important and much- relished native country product. The female is said to bring forth from two to five, and not unfre-quently as many as six, at a birth annually in June and July, the period of gestation being about three months. The young are about the size of a puppy, with the eyes partly open, but are very helpless for several days. They are suckled for about two months. For the twenty- five years from 1853 to 1877, inclusive, the company sold in London a total of 507,450 skins of the Canada lynx, or an average of 20,298 a year. During that period, the minimum sale was 4,448 in 1863, and the maximum year was 1868, with 76,556 skins. The number entered in their catalogue in 1902 is 5,701, and in 1903, 9,031. |
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