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MAMMALS OF N O R T H E R N CANADA 203
that even one will, in course of a single season, do an incredible
amount of damage. They are first- class experts in
persistently demolishing very extensive lines of deadfall,
marten, and other traps, as well as in hiding, eating, or otherwise
injuring the animals found in them. They treat rabbits
and lynx caught in snares in a similar manner. They will
further break up well- built caches of meat, fish, and sundries.
The wolverine is undoubtedly entitled to first place among
the destructive animals of North America, and is also the
most detested of them all.
FISHER-— Mustela pennanti ( Erxleben).
It is very seldom, indeed, that an example of this species
is found beyond latitude 62° north in the Mackenzie River
region, or any other part of America. I never knew of any
being taken at Fort Simpson, while the very few skins
received there were trapped by Indians in the forest country
some distance to the south; but on the upper Peace River,
and in the country farther south, east, and west, on both
sides of the Rocky Mountains, the fisher is fairly numerous.
The male and female are said to come together annually
in the months of February, March, or April, according to
locality, and the offspring vary between one and five in
number. They are born blind and helpless, but soon acquire
sight and strength. They nest in a hole in the ground. Some
say the male assists in rearing the young, but others deny
this assertion. They subsist on rabbits, fish, and mice. Mr.
Colin Thomson states that for winter consumption they provide
quantities of " hips " in advance.
It may be mentioned that from 1863 to 1883 Mackenzie
River District traded the skins of 331 fishers. More than
three- fourths were obtained from Indians resorting to Fort
Resolution who hunt to the south of Great Slave Lake, as
well as along the Slave River, the balance coming from
natives belonging to Forts Simpson, Providence, Liard, Hal-
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| OCR | MAMMALS OF N O R T H E R N CANADA 203 that even one will, in course of a single season, do an incredible amount of damage. They are first- class experts in persistently demolishing very extensive lines of deadfall, marten, and other traps, as well as in hiding, eating, or otherwise injuring the animals found in them. They treat rabbits and lynx caught in snares in a similar manner. They will further break up well- built caches of meat, fish, and sundries. The wolverine is undoubtedly entitled to first place among the destructive animals of North America, and is also the most detested of them all. FISHER-— Mustela pennanti ( Erxleben). It is very seldom, indeed, that an example of this species is found beyond latitude 62° north in the Mackenzie River region, or any other part of America. I never knew of any being taken at Fort Simpson, while the very few skins received there were trapped by Indians in the forest country some distance to the south; but on the upper Peace River, and in the country farther south, east, and west, on both sides of the Rocky Mountains, the fisher is fairly numerous. The male and female are said to come together annually in the months of February, March, or April, according to locality, and the offspring vary between one and five in number. They are born blind and helpless, but soon acquire sight and strength. They nest in a hole in the ground. Some say the male assists in rearing the young, but others deny this assertion. They subsist on rabbits, fish, and mice. Mr. Colin Thomson states that for winter consumption they provide quantities of " hips " in advance. It may be mentioned that from 1863 to 1883 Mackenzie River District traded the skins of 331 fishers. More than three- fourths were obtained from Indians resorting to Fort Resolution who hunt to the south of Great Slave Lake, as well as along the Slave River, the balance coming from natives belonging to Forts Simpson, Providence, Liard, Hal- |
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