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230 T H R O U G H T H E MACKENZIE BASIX
M c C l i n t o e k doubts i f seals breed in the drifting pack, as
they never saw any cubs d u r i n g their stay in that risky position.
P. hispida may also be known to the Eskimos of the
northern coast of A m e r i c a . General Greely writes that it
is indigenous at G r i n n e l l Land, and that it was met with as
high as latitude 82° 58' north. P. groenlandica is also
present as f a r as latitude 81° 3 0 ' north, but he considers it
migratory. They secured a number of the several resident
species, i n c l u d i n g 27 examples of P. hispida. Sir Edward
P a r r y ' s highest latitude ( attained i n 1827) was 82" 56'
north. In a lane of open water i n the ice he observed one
of the last- mentioned species. This was u n t i l recently
thought to be the most northerly position ever reached by
seals. Mr. Preble noticed a number of skins of this species
i n the Company's stores at F o r t C h u r c h i l l , Hudson Bay.
F r o m Hudson L a y , F n g a v a , and L a b r a d o r , the Company
receive and sell i n London annually thousands of hair- seal
skins. From 1853 to 1877 the sales aggregated a total of
250,600. The three best years i n the series were 1867 with
21,458, 1861 w i t h 18,104, and 1863 with 16,933; and the
three lowest, 1853 w i t h 1,425, 1854 w i t h 2,021, and 1855
w i t h 2,842. After a long period of good results, the returns
have fallen to o n ly 3,061 skins for 1902, and 2,509 for 1903.
There is reason to believe that other species of seals besides
the harbour seal are embraced in the foregoing sales
statement.
( Some reference to F o r t C h u r c h i l l may not prove out of
place among these mammalian notes. Comparatively few of
the Canadians of to- day are aware that " upon a rocky spit
forming one side, and commanding a splendid harbour, stand
the s t i l l well- preserved remains of a massive fortification, the
most northerly one o f B r i t i s h America, scarcely inferior as
such even to old L o u i s b u r g and e a r l y Quebec, its site admirably
chosen, its design and armament once perfect, and interesting
s t i l l as a r e l i c o f a by- gone strife, and now o n l y useful
as a beacon for the harbour it had f a i l e d to protect." Some
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| OCR | 230 T H R O U G H T H E MACKENZIE BASIX M c C l i n t o e k doubts i f seals breed in the drifting pack, as they never saw any cubs d u r i n g their stay in that risky position. P. hispida may also be known to the Eskimos of the northern coast of A m e r i c a . General Greely writes that it is indigenous at G r i n n e l l Land, and that it was met with as high as latitude 82° 58' north. P. groenlandica is also present as f a r as latitude 81° 3 0 ' north, but he considers it migratory. They secured a number of the several resident species, i n c l u d i n g 27 examples of P. hispida. Sir Edward P a r r y ' s highest latitude ( attained i n 1827) was 82" 56' north. In a lane of open water i n the ice he observed one of the last- mentioned species. This was u n t i l recently thought to be the most northerly position ever reached by seals. Mr. Preble noticed a number of skins of this species i n the Company's stores at F o r t C h u r c h i l l , Hudson Bay. F r o m Hudson L a y , F n g a v a , and L a b r a d o r , the Company receive and sell i n London annually thousands of hair- seal skins. From 1853 to 1877 the sales aggregated a total of 250,600. The three best years i n the series were 1867 with 21,458, 1861 w i t h 18,104, and 1863 with 16,933; and the three lowest, 1853 w i t h 1,425, 1854 w i t h 2,021, and 1855 w i t h 2,842. After a long period of good results, the returns have fallen to o n ly 3,061 skins for 1902, and 2,509 for 1903. There is reason to believe that other species of seals besides the harbour seal are embraced in the foregoing sales statement. ( Some reference to F o r t C h u r c h i l l may not prove out of place among these mammalian notes. Comparatively few of the Canadians of to- day are aware that " upon a rocky spit forming one side, and commanding a splendid harbour, stand the s t i l l well- preserved remains of a massive fortification, the most northerly one o f B r i t i s h America, scarcely inferior as such even to old L o u i s b u r g and e a r l y Quebec, its site admirably chosen, its design and armament once perfect, and interesting s t i l l as a r e l i c o f a by- gone strife, and now o n l y useful as a beacon for the harbour it had f a i l e d to protect." Some |
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