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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 201
Fort Good Hope gave an occasional skin as the result of
I n d i a n trade w i t h the Eskimos of the Anderson after the
Fort was abandoned in 1366. In 1886 Fort McPherson
turned out three and Good Hope three also. In 1887 the
former gave eleven skins and the latter one. In 1889 Fort
McPherson had one. Rampart House one, and Lac du Bro-chet.
Reindeer Lake, traded seven skins from its northern
inland Eskimos. Sir James C. Ross obtained three examples
of this fox on the shores of Boothia. Parry secured several,
and although Armstrong and Kellett, of the Resolute, each
have about fifty foxes i n their game lists, which have been
considered as white, one or more of them may have been blue.
Naree. as above stated, observed a " mottled '' specimen,
while Greely writes that eighteen of the twenty secured by
him on Grinnell Land were free from any sign or mark of
white, red. or yellow, and that all of them were smaller in
size and lighter i n weight than the twelve of his captured
dozen of V. lagopus. McClintock, however, shot a prime
blue fox while d r i f t i ng i n the For with the pack- ice i n the
winter of 1857- 58. although 130 geographical miles from
the nearest land. It was very fat. having probably lived on
dovekies. McClintock often observed tracks of the Arctic
fox following the polar bear for discarded seal scraps.
W O L V E R I N E — C A R C A J O U — G u l o luscus ( Linnaeus).
This comparatively powerful and very destructive animal
is to be met with all over the northern continent to and along
the shores of the Polar Ocean. Although Doctor Armstrong
does not have the wolverine i n his list of observed mammals,
yet several Arctic explorers have either seen the animal or
traces thereof i n very high latitudes. A skull, minus the
lower jaw, was picked up on Melville Island, latitude 75°
north. Sir James Ross found it abundant on Boothia F e l i x.
He received skins of two adult and two young wolverines
from the Eskimos. Another was captured in winter on
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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 201 Fort Good Hope gave an occasional skin as the result of I n d i a n trade w i t h the Eskimos of the Anderson after the Fort was abandoned in 1366. In 1886 Fort McPherson turned out three and Good Hope three also. In 1887 the former gave eleven skins and the latter one. In 1889 Fort McPherson had one. Rampart House one, and Lac du Bro-chet. Reindeer Lake, traded seven skins from its northern inland Eskimos. Sir James C. Ross obtained three examples of this fox on the shores of Boothia. Parry secured several, and although Armstrong and Kellett, of the Resolute, each have about fifty foxes i n their game lists, which have been considered as white, one or more of them may have been blue. Naree. as above stated, observed a " mottled '' specimen, while Greely writes that eighteen of the twenty secured by him on Grinnell Land were free from any sign or mark of white, red. or yellow, and that all of them were smaller in size and lighter i n weight than the twelve of his captured dozen of V. lagopus. McClintock, however, shot a prime blue fox while d r i f t i ng i n the For with the pack- ice i n the winter of 1857- 58. although 130 geographical miles from the nearest land. It was very fat. having probably lived on dovekies. McClintock often observed tracks of the Arctic fox following the polar bear for discarded seal scraps. W O L V E R I N E — C A R C A J O U — G u l o luscus ( Linnaeus). This comparatively powerful and very destructive animal is to be met with all over the northern continent to and along the shores of the Polar Ocean. Although Doctor Armstrong does not have the wolverine i n his list of observed mammals, yet several Arctic explorers have either seen the animal or traces thereof i n very high latitudes. A skull, minus the lower jaw, was picked up on Melville Island, latitude 75° north. Sir James Ross found it abundant on Boothia F e l i x. He received skins of two adult and two young wolverines from the Eskimos. Another was captured in winter on |
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