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202 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
shipboard, having fearlessly climbed over the banked snow
i n search of food which, from his t h i n condition, he much
needed.
When i n prime condition, the fur of the wolverine is
h i g h l y prized by the Eskimos, more so than that of the wolf,
for the purpose of t r i m m i n g the hood and other portions of
their outer reindeer- skin clothing. Several skulls of adults
and two skins and skulls of young animals were secured at
F o r t Anderson and duly forwarded to the Smithsonian
I n s t i t u t i o n at Washington.
The Company of Adventurers of E n g l a n d trading in
Hudson's B a y received and sold i n London 32,975 skins of
this species from 1853 to 1877. The returns were lowest in
the years 1857 ( 923), 1866 ( 909), and 1867 ( 7 6 8 ) . The
three best sales of skins i n the statement were in 1871
( 1,848), 1873 ( 2,095), and 1874 ( 1,763). The sales for
1.902 and 1903 amounted to only 635 and 695 skins, respecti
v e l y . It is estimated that the old northern districts of
Athabasca and Mackenzie R i v e r furnished f u l l y two- fifths
of the foregoing quantities.
As the habits and depredations of this " u n c i v i l i z e d robber
" have already been f u l l y and frequently recounted by
naturalists, I need not add to its well- known record. I may,
however, say that copulation of the sexes takes place i n the
months of M a r c h and A p r i l , and that the female brings forth
the offspring about sixty days later. They are from one to
three, four, and occasionally as many as five, in number.
They are said to be born b l i n d , and are very f r a i l for some
time, but soon acquire more strength. Suckling i s supposed
to last for two or three months. A discarded beaver- lodge,
a vacant bear- hole, or any other suitable depression i n the
ground, serves as a nest. The male is supposed to render
some assistance i n rearing the young.
F o r t u n a t e l y for the natives, who suffer so much f r om his
depredations, the carcajou is not very abundant anywhere,
although doubtless too much so everywhere, for the reason
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| OCR | 202 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN shipboard, having fearlessly climbed over the banked snow i n search of food which, from his t h i n condition, he much needed. When i n prime condition, the fur of the wolverine is h i g h l y prized by the Eskimos, more so than that of the wolf, for the purpose of t r i m m i n g the hood and other portions of their outer reindeer- skin clothing. Several skulls of adults and two skins and skulls of young animals were secured at F o r t Anderson and duly forwarded to the Smithsonian I n s t i t u t i o n at Washington. The Company of Adventurers of E n g l a n d trading in Hudson's B a y received and sold i n London 32,975 skins of this species from 1853 to 1877. The returns were lowest in the years 1857 ( 923), 1866 ( 909), and 1867 ( 7 6 8 ) . The three best sales of skins i n the statement were in 1871 ( 1,848), 1873 ( 2,095), and 1874 ( 1,763). The sales for 1.902 and 1903 amounted to only 635 and 695 skins, respecti v e l y . It is estimated that the old northern districts of Athabasca and Mackenzie R i v e r furnished f u l l y two- fifths of the foregoing quantities. As the habits and depredations of this " u n c i v i l i z e d robber " have already been f u l l y and frequently recounted by naturalists, I need not add to its well- known record. I may, however, say that copulation of the sexes takes place i n the months of M a r c h and A p r i l , and that the female brings forth the offspring about sixty days later. They are from one to three, four, and occasionally as many as five, in number. They are said to be born b l i n d , and are very f r a i l for some time, but soon acquire more strength. Suckling i s supposed to last for two or three months. A discarded beaver- lodge, a vacant bear- hole, or any other suitable depression i n the ground, serves as a nest. The male is supposed to render some assistance i n rearing the young. F o r t u n a t e l y for the natives, who suffer so much f r om his depredations, the carcajou is not very abundant anywhere, although doubtless too much so everywhere, for the reason |
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