. The quadrupeds of North America [microform]. Mammals; Rodentia; Mammifères; Rongeurs. CAltlltOU OR AMKRICAN RKINDKKR. II Ktoncs nnd rocks until all tho colourod top- f Mu, hair arc worn off, and (heir fur appears t(i , .â¢.â¢...Im-it ?;.o ; u.^. -,p. .riato nrticio for winter in Ih,. , latit.,, « sV ,..'.!.« yonnj. iVor mal â¢> (],« hoA dresses, and nliould ho killod for that purpose in tho ...on .â ofin^Mi^t or ;, as after tho latter date tho hair . too lonjraut' The prime parts of ei-ht or ten ...ake a
. The quadrupeds of North America [microform]. Mammals; Rodentia; Mammifères; Rongeurs. CAltlltOU OR AMKRICAN RKINDKKR. II Ktoncs nnd rocks until all tho colourod top- f Mu, hair arc worn off, and (heir fur appears t(i , .â¢.â¢...Im-it ?;.o ; u.^. -,p. .riato nrticio for winter in Ih,. , latit.,, « sV ,..'.!.« yonnj. iVor mal â¢> (],« hoA dresses, and nliould ho killod for that purpose in tho ...on .â ofin^Mi^t or ;, as after tho latter date tho hair . too lonjraut' The prime parts of ei-ht or ten ...ake a suit of ciothiuf,' for a giowii , which is so ââM to the eold that, with tho addition of a blanket of tho same ...ateriul, any one m clothed muy bivouack on the snow with safety, and oven with 'comfort, In the moJt eold of an Arctic 's ; The same author ^ives the habits of the variety he called " Arctica :" "The âu.,(l Cai^ihou, which resort to the coast of the Arctic sea in summer, in winter to the woods between tho sixty-third and the sixty-sixth decrree of latitude, where' they feed on the usnva, alirtorice, and other lichens, which han- from the trees, and on Ion- fi;rass of the swamps. About the end of April, when the pailial melting of the snow has softened the cetrarm, cor. cu!a^!a>^ on-i cevomyas, which clothe the barren grounds like a carpet, tlfey make short excursions from the woods, but return to them when tho weather is frosty. In M ,y the females proceed towards the sea-coast, and the e'nd ofJun'e the males are in full march in the same direction. At tliat period lie power of has dried up the lichens on the barren grounds, and the Caribou frequent the moist pastures which cover the bottoms of the narrow valleys on the coasts and islands of the Arctic sea, wlere they graze on the sprouting caricos and on i!.:o wit
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