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M A M M A L S O F N O R T H E R N C A N A D A 209
wards. Although ermines no doubt destroy some food themselves,
yet when one manages to get inside a Hudson's B ay
inland store, it soon makes a clean sweep of field or other
mice, which frequently do a considerable amount of damage
by devouring and concealing meat and other eatables, and
i n cutting up cloth and goods. A domestic cat seldom evades
death from native dogs. In May, 1885, a skin of this species
was forwarded from Fort Chipewyan, Athabasca, to Dr.
Robert B e l l , of Ottawa; and i n J u l y , 1SS9, three trade specimens
from Babine Lake, B r i t i s h Columbia, were sent to
Washington. It is f a i r l y abundant i n New Caledonia District.
The Hudson's B a y Company now annually trades and
exports to England many thousand ermine skins; but for
several decades previous to 1887 the prices obtained for them
were not remunerative, and their hunting was not therefore
encouraged. Jubilee and coronation functions have, however,
brought them once more to the front, to the advantage of the
hunter, the trader, and the seller. From 1853 to 1877,
inclusive, the Company's average London sales of ermines
amounted to 2,476 skins a year. The five best years were
1873 with 4,012, 1874 w i t h 4,447, 1875 with 4,732, 1876
with 6,360, and 1877 with 5,338; and the five lowest, 1858
with 1,034, 1859 with 809, 1862 with 912, 1863 with 1,178,
and 1864 with 899. As against all this, the sale of 1902
reached 16,374, and that of 1.903, 33,883 skins.
MINK— Lutreola vison lacusfris Preble.
The mink is one of the Company's staple pelts, and
although it is but very slightly dependent on the American
hare for food, yet it somehow seems to periodically augment
and decrease i n mimbers much in the same way, not perhaps
as precise, but still i n a remarkably interesting manner. If
we adopt a minimum of 50,000 and under as a " lean " unit,
and sales above that figure as " good," as was done i n the
case of the marten sales, we may better understand this.
The sales of the years 1853 and 1854 were 25,152 and
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| OCR | M A M M A L S O F N O R T H E R N C A N A D A 209 wards. Although ermines no doubt destroy some food themselves, yet when one manages to get inside a Hudson's B ay inland store, it soon makes a clean sweep of field or other mice, which frequently do a considerable amount of damage by devouring and concealing meat and other eatables, and i n cutting up cloth and goods. A domestic cat seldom evades death from native dogs. In May, 1885, a skin of this species was forwarded from Fort Chipewyan, Athabasca, to Dr. Robert B e l l , of Ottawa; and i n J u l y , 1SS9, three trade specimens from Babine Lake, B r i t i s h Columbia, were sent to Washington. It is f a i r l y abundant i n New Caledonia District. The Hudson's B a y Company now annually trades and exports to England many thousand ermine skins; but for several decades previous to 1887 the prices obtained for them were not remunerative, and their hunting was not therefore encouraged. Jubilee and coronation functions have, however, brought them once more to the front, to the advantage of the hunter, the trader, and the seller. From 1853 to 1877, inclusive, the Company's average London sales of ermines amounted to 2,476 skins a year. The five best years were 1873 with 4,012, 1874 w i t h 4,447, 1875 with 4,732, 1876 with 6,360, and 1877 with 5,338; and the five lowest, 1858 with 1,034, 1859 with 809, 1862 with 912, 1863 with 1,178, and 1864 with 899. As against all this, the sale of 1902 reached 16,374, and that of 1.903, 33,883 skins. MINK— Lutreola vison lacusfris Preble. The mink is one of the Company's staple pelts, and although it is but very slightly dependent on the American hare for food, yet it somehow seems to periodically augment and decrease i n mimbers much in the same way, not perhaps as precise, but still i n a remarkably interesting manner. If we adopt a minimum of 50,000 and under as a " lean " unit, and sales above that figure as " good," as was done i n the case of the marten sales, we may better understand this. The sales of the years 1853 and 1854 were 25,152 and |
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