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M A M M A L S O F N O R T H E R N C A N A D A 157
W i t h such a magnificent field fov investigation as the
'' Anderson," as well as other interesting points throughout
the vast regions i n which he was stationed as a post and district
manager for a period exceeding forty years ^ 1! S.">;!- 1894),
the writer of these Notes has since deeply felt and regretted
that despite the many advantages pertaining to his position
as a Company's officer, he has not ( except at Fort Anderson)
done a quarter as much as a collector and observer as he
might and ought to have accomplished i n ascertaining and
making known to naturalists the copious wealth of the
animal kingdom in the northern lands of his adopted
country.
It may be here premised that this paper was largely prepared
for publication at Cumberland House, the headquarters
of Cumberland District, early i n the winter of 1 8 9 0 - 9 1 ,
but for various reasons it was not completed at that time,
while, unfortunately, several sheets thereof, together with
some relative memoranda, have since disappeared, and this
w i l l explain the paucity of the remarks appearing under
certain species headings. Quite a large number of the specimens
of mammals which bad been collected were lost or
much injured by neglect on the part of their Indian and
Eskimo collector*, or from various causes beyond careful
control. The nomenclature of the following list has been
carefully revised by the naturalists of the l " . S. National
Museum.
U N G U L A T A .
MOOSE— Alecs awriranits ( Clinton).
This valuable food animal used to be very numerous on
tbe Peace River, and, indeed, throughout the forest region
of the northern portion of the " Great Mackenzie B a s i n ";
but for the last twenty years it has been much less abundant,
and, indeed, remarkably scarce in many parts, especially
along the Athabasca, Peace, L i a r d , and other rivers, and the
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| OCR | M A M M A L S O F N O R T H E R N C A N A D A 157 W i t h such a magnificent field fov investigation as the '' Anderson," as well as other interesting points throughout the vast regions i n which he was stationed as a post and district manager for a period exceeding forty years ^ 1! S.">;!- 1894), the writer of these Notes has since deeply felt and regretted that despite the many advantages pertaining to his position as a Company's officer, he has not ( except at Fort Anderson) done a quarter as much as a collector and observer as he might and ought to have accomplished i n ascertaining and making known to naturalists the copious wealth of the animal kingdom in the northern lands of his adopted country. It may be here premised that this paper was largely prepared for publication at Cumberland House, the headquarters of Cumberland District, early i n the winter of 1 8 9 0 - 9 1 , but for various reasons it was not completed at that time, while, unfortunately, several sheets thereof, together with some relative memoranda, have since disappeared, and this w i l l explain the paucity of the remarks appearing under certain species headings. Quite a large number of the specimens of mammals which bad been collected were lost or much injured by neglect on the part of their Indian and Eskimo collector*, or from various causes beyond careful control. The nomenclature of the following list has been carefully revised by the naturalists of the l " . S. National Museum. U N G U L A T A . MOOSE— Alecs awriranits ( Clinton). This valuable food animal used to be very numerous on tbe Peace River, and, indeed, throughout the forest region of the northern portion of the " Great Mackenzie B a s i n "; but for the last twenty years it has been much less abundant, and, indeed, remarkably scarce in many parts, especially along the Athabasca, Peace, L i a r d , and other rivers, and the |
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