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8 P R E F A C E .
the Far N o r t h " was an important contribution to the
Archives of the Smithsonian I n s t i t u t i o n ( U n i t e d States
N a t i o n a l M u s e u m ) ; and his " Notes on and L i s t of B i r ds
and Eggs Collected i n A r c t i c A m e r i c a , " i f not exhaustive,
was a s i m i l a r l y valuable addition to its records. It seemed
to the writer very desirable that this information, hidden
away i n the " Proceedings " of a foreign scientific i n s t i t u tion,
should be given to the Canadian public, and, by M r .
MacFarlane's k i n d consent and wish, he is now enabled, w i th
pleasure to himself and profit to his readers, to connect it
w i t h his own narrative of the Treaty E x p e d i t i o n o f 1899.
The author has t r i e d to make his narrative not merely an
official record, but interesting as an itinerary, and to impart
to i t something of the novelty and fervour of his own sensations
at the time. Notwithstanding its shortcomings i n these
respects, it may yet be of service i n attracting to the remarkable
regions described the pioneer who is not a f r a i d of t o i l,
or the traveller who loves the unprofaned sanctities of
Nature.
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| OCR | 8 P R E F A C E . the Far N o r t h " was an important contribution to the Archives of the Smithsonian I n s t i t u t i o n ( U n i t e d States N a t i o n a l M u s e u m ) ; and his " Notes on and L i s t of B i r ds and Eggs Collected i n A r c t i c A m e r i c a , " i f not exhaustive, was a s i m i l a r l y valuable addition to its records. It seemed to the writer very desirable that this information, hidden away i n the " Proceedings " of a foreign scientific i n s t i t u tion, should be given to the Canadian public, and, by M r . MacFarlane's k i n d consent and wish, he is now enabled, w i th pleasure to himself and profit to his readers, to connect it w i t h his own narrative of the Treaty E x p e d i t i o n o f 1899. The author has t r i e d to make his narrative not merely an official record, but interesting as an itinerary, and to impart to i t something of the novelty and fervour of his own sensations at the time. Notwithstanding its shortcomings i n these respects, it may yet be of service i n attracting to the remarkable regions described the pioneer who is not a f r a i d of t o i l, or the traveller who loves the unprofaned sanctities of Nature. |
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