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232 THROUGH T H E MACKENZIE BASIN
FUR SEAL— C a l l o r h i n u s alascana Jordan, and Clark.
This valuable marine fur- bearing animal is introduced
the Company's receipts of the skins and sale of same in
London. There may have been previous collections, but
London. There may have been previous collections, but
the first record in the " statement" is for 1854, with only
13 pelts; 1855 is but 2 better; then we have 38 for 1856,
and 79 for 1857. Next follow 1858 with 116, 1859 with
196, 1860 with 186, 1861 with 176, 1862 with 403, 1863
with 655, and 1864 with 977 pelts.' Afterwards the trade
has been good, with 2,086 for 1865, and only three years
under that figure, while the sales vary between 2,151 and
the maximum, 13,620 in 1871, subsequent to which they
irregularly decline to 1,588 for 1877. The total for the
twenty years is 44,322, or an average of nearly 1,846 skins
a year. There is no entry of fur seals in the Hudson Bay
catalogues for 1902 and 1903. In recent years, however,
the Company's trade of this pelt has practically ceased on
the western Pacific coast, but I understand that they now sell
on commission the bulk of the yearly catch of the Victoria,
British Columbia, sealing fleet.
CETACEA.
WH I T E WHALE— Delphinapterus leucas ( Pallas).
Common in the Arctic Sea and in the estuary of the
Mackenzie River, where the Eskimos capture a number every
season. Many years ago, it is said, several individuals
ascended that river as far as Fort Good Hope. . They are
abundant in Hudson Bay, where a large number are annually
captured at Fort Churchill by servants of the Company;
the oil is extracted, duly shipped, and sold in London. The
various boat and ship discovery and Franklin Arctic search
expeditions have all noticed the presence of white whales in.
the northern sea under review. Greely gives latitude 81° 35'
north as its most northerly migratory observed range.
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| OCR | 232 THROUGH T H E MACKENZIE BASIN FUR SEAL— C a l l o r h i n u s alascana Jordan, and Clark. This valuable marine fur- bearing animal is introduced the Company's receipts of the skins and sale of same in London. There may have been previous collections, but London. There may have been previous collections, but the first record in the " statement" is for 1854, with only 13 pelts; 1855 is but 2 better; then we have 38 for 1856, and 79 for 1857. Next follow 1858 with 116, 1859 with 196, 1860 with 186, 1861 with 176, 1862 with 403, 1863 with 655, and 1864 with 977 pelts.' Afterwards the trade has been good, with 2,086 for 1865, and only three years under that figure, while the sales vary between 2,151 and the maximum, 13,620 in 1871, subsequent to which they irregularly decline to 1,588 for 1877. The total for the twenty years is 44,322, or an average of nearly 1,846 skins a year. There is no entry of fur seals in the Hudson Bay catalogues for 1902 and 1903. In recent years, however, the Company's trade of this pelt has practically ceased on the western Pacific coast, but I understand that they now sell on commission the bulk of the yearly catch of the Victoria, British Columbia, sealing fleet. CETACEA. WH I T E WHALE— Delphinapterus leucas ( Pallas). Common in the Arctic Sea and in the estuary of the Mackenzie River, where the Eskimos capture a number every season. Many years ago, it is said, several individuals ascended that river as far as Fort Good Hope. . They are abundant in Hudson Bay, where a large number are annually captured at Fort Churchill by servants of the Company; the oil is extracted, duly shipped, and sold in London. The various boat and ship discovery and Franklin Arctic search expeditions have all noticed the presence of white whales in. the northern sea under review. Greely gives latitude 81° 35' north as its most northerly migratory observed range. |
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