This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... MAMMALS THE primary object of the expedition was to collect mammals, especially the larger ones, and birds. There was little time to follow other lines of investigation, which would have received attention by a better equipped and larger party. Previous experience had taught me that " the only way to ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... MAMMALS THE primary object of the expedition was to collect mammals, especially the larger ones, and birds. There was little time to follow other lines of investigation, which would have received attention by a better equipped and larger party. Previous experience had taught me that " the only way to collect is to collect," which induced me to spend every available hour in the field. A great deal of labor was required which did not directly advance the scientific purposes of the expedition; a month's time was lost in Winnipeg, weeks and months were spent in traveling. The region traversed extends from the Saskatchewan River to the mouth of the Mackenzie, and from Lake Winnipeg and Bathurst Inlet to the Rocky Mountains, embracing an area of nearly a million square miles. The Indians and Eskimos that inhabit this vast territory are carnivorous beings. They are provided with firearms, with which they kill nearly every living thing which it is in their power to destroy, without mercy or discrimination. Most of the mammals here considered have a commercial value at the trading stations, either for their flesh or skins, or both. There are about fifteen species of the order carnivora, also preying upon the animal life of the region. "It is a country of death." Throughout the valleys of the Peace and Saskatchewan Rivers there are more or less extensive prairies. But the country in general is wooded, except the Barren Ground, which occupies the northeastern portion of the continent, beyond the line drawn between the mouth of the Churchill River, and Richards Island at the mouth of the Mackenzie.1 This limit of forest growth corresponds closely to the summer isotherm of 500 F.2 1 See Report on the Forests of North America, by Chas. S. Sargent, ...
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