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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 239
by their companions, or whether the severe stretch to which his
mental faculties had been subjected for several years brought on a
temporary aberration of mind, under which the melancholy tragedy
took place, is known only to God and the surviving actors therein.
" Man is a harp, whose chords elude the sight.
Each yielding harmony disposed aright;
The screws reversed ( a task which, if He please.
God in a moment executes with ease),
Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose,
Lost, till He tune them, all their power and use."
" Thus perished, before he had completed his thirty- second year,
Thomas Simpson, a man of great ardor, resolution and perseverance,
one who had already achieved much, and has left a name
which will be classed by posterity with that of Cook, Parry, Lander,
Franklin, Rae, Ross, McClintock and others of a later date. The
Royal Geographical Society presented to him in 1839 their founder's
gold medal, which, however, never reached him. It was not until
October, 1841, that the remains of Simpson were sent for from
where he fell and brought to Fort Garry for interment."
RODENTIA.
B U S H Y - T A I L E D W O O D RAT— Neotoma drummondi
( Richardson).
Chief Trader W . J . McLean informs me that Fort Liard,
Mackenzie River District, where he was post manager from
1863 to 1872, is the only place i n the northern department
of the Company where he has seen a few examples of this
rat. This post is situated i n latitude ( about) 60° north and
longitude 124° west. In New Caledonia District, B r i t i sh
Columbia, however, it is quite common, and individuals are
sometimes secured i n native and other buildings. At present.
Fort L i a r d may be considered the eastern range l i m i t and
the northern as w e l l ; but it is probably a more northerly
resident on the west side of the Rocky Mountains. Mr.
Moberly states that a wood mouse or rat, colour light brown
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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 239 by their companions, or whether the severe stretch to which his mental faculties had been subjected for several years brought on a temporary aberration of mind, under which the melancholy tragedy took place, is known only to God and the surviving actors therein. " Man is a harp, whose chords elude the sight. Each yielding harmony disposed aright; The screws reversed ( a task which, if He please. God in a moment executes with ease), Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose, Lost, till He tune them, all their power and use." " Thus perished, before he had completed his thirty- second year, Thomas Simpson, a man of great ardor, resolution and perseverance, one who had already achieved much, and has left a name which will be classed by posterity with that of Cook, Parry, Lander, Franklin, Rae, Ross, McClintock and others of a later date. The Royal Geographical Society presented to him in 1839 their founder's gold medal, which, however, never reached him. It was not until October, 1841, that the remains of Simpson were sent for from where he fell and brought to Fort Garry for interment." RODENTIA. B U S H Y - T A I L E D W O O D RAT— Neotoma drummondi ( Richardson). Chief Trader W . J . McLean informs me that Fort Liard, Mackenzie River District, where he was post manager from 1863 to 1872, is the only place i n the northern department of the Company where he has seen a few examples of this rat. This post is situated i n latitude ( about) 60° north and longitude 124° west. In New Caledonia District, B r i t i sh Columbia, however, it is quite common, and individuals are sometimes secured i n native and other buildings. At present. Fort L i a r d may be considered the eastern range l i m i t and the northern as w e l l ; but it is probably a more northerly resident on the west side of the Rocky Mountains. Mr. Moberly states that a wood mouse or rat, colour light brown 16 |
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