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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 181
naturally more numerous i n sections where reindeer abound.
I t breeds once a year— the female has from three to five, and
occasionally as many as six, at a birth. The eyes of the
young are closed, and they are as helpless as dog pups for
some days after they are born. The male is believed to
assist his mate i n rearing the offspring. Copulation of the
sexes takes place during the months of February and March.
Wolves of this k i n d have been observed and some captured
on many of the large islands to the north of the
American A r c t i c coast. Doctor Armstrong noticed a number
on B a r i n g Island and elsewhere, while S i r James C l a r k Ross
states that considerable numbers of them collected on the
narrow portion of the Isthmus of Boothia F e l i x i n order to
intercept the reindeer on their annual spring migrations. He
also mentions that a single wolf w i l l go among any number
of Eskimo dogs and carry off one from among them without
the others attempting to attack. General Greely's party
obtained six examples at or near their winter quarters at
Fort Conger, i n . L a d y F r a n k l i n Bay, and he gives latitude
82° 50' as the northern l i m i t of this animal, which is there
indigenous. Sir Edward P a r r y records its presence on Melv
i l l e and the other North Georgian islands
I n the sketch of " North- Western A m e r i c a " ( 1868) Archbishop
Tache, of St. Boniface, Manitoba, recounts a remarkable
instance of persevering fortitude exhibited by a large
dark wolf caught i n a steel trap at Isle a l a Crosse many
years ago. A month afterwards it was k i l l e d near Green
Lake, 90 miles distant, with the trap and connecting wood
block s t i l l attached to one of its hind legs. It had evidently
dragged both around i n the snow for many a mile, during a
period of intense cold, and it is therefore not surprising
that it was a " walking skeleton " when finally- secured.
F r om the Statement 1853- 1877, inclusive, the Company
sold i n London as many as 171,770 wolf skins, or an average
of nearly 6,871 a year. I think more than half of them must
have belonged to the smaller variety, Canis latrans. of the
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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 181 naturally more numerous i n sections where reindeer abound. I t breeds once a year— the female has from three to five, and occasionally as many as six, at a birth. The eyes of the young are closed, and they are as helpless as dog pups for some days after they are born. The male is believed to assist his mate i n rearing the offspring. Copulation of the sexes takes place during the months of February and March. Wolves of this k i n d have been observed and some captured on many of the large islands to the north of the American A r c t i c coast. Doctor Armstrong noticed a number on B a r i n g Island and elsewhere, while S i r James C l a r k Ross states that considerable numbers of them collected on the narrow portion of the Isthmus of Boothia F e l i x i n order to intercept the reindeer on their annual spring migrations. He also mentions that a single wolf w i l l go among any number of Eskimo dogs and carry off one from among them without the others attempting to attack. General Greely's party obtained six examples at or near their winter quarters at Fort Conger, i n . L a d y F r a n k l i n Bay, and he gives latitude 82° 50' as the northern l i m i t of this animal, which is there indigenous. Sir Edward P a r r y records its presence on Melv i l l e and the other North Georgian islands I n the sketch of " North- Western A m e r i c a " ( 1868) Archbishop Tache, of St. Boniface, Manitoba, recounts a remarkable instance of persevering fortitude exhibited by a large dark wolf caught i n a steel trap at Isle a l a Crosse many years ago. A month afterwards it was k i l l e d near Green Lake, 90 miles distant, with the trap and connecting wood block s t i l l attached to one of its hind legs. It had evidently dragged both around i n the snow for many a mile, during a period of intense cold, and it is therefore not surprising that it was a " walking skeleton " when finally- secured. F r om the Statement 1853- 1877, inclusive, the Company sold i n London as many as 171,770 wolf skins, or an average of nearly 6,871 a year. I think more than half of them must have belonged to the smaller variety, Canis latrans. of the |
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