. A journey from Prince of Wales's Fort, in Hudson's Bay, to the northern ocean [microform] : undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771 & 1772. Indians of North America; Natural history; Indiens; Sciences naturelles. PREFACE. Gonmltttte of the Hudfonfs Bay Company, (6t kavc to pemit my ocigiiial journals. This was granted wkh ^he greateil affiibility and politd* tu&i as w^ as a fight of all my (Charts rfilati^sc to this Journey. With this affiftancelluivc beeii enabled to re^ify fome in
. A journey from Prince of Wales's Fort, in Hudson's Bay, to the northern ocean [microform] : undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771 & 1772. Indians of North America; Natural history; Indiens; Sciences naturelles. PREFACE. Gonmltttte of the Hudfonfs Bay Company, (6t kavc to pemit my ocigiiial journals. This was granted wkh ^he greateil affiibility and politd* tu&i as w^ as a fight of all my (Charts rfilati^sc to this Journey. With this affiftancelluivc beeii enabled to re^ify fome inaccuracies that had, bf tcufting too tni|ch to memory, crept into this co- py; and I now ofier it to the Public under att<* thentic dates and the beft authorities, hoiKevetf widely fome publications may dif&r from it. I have taken the liberty to expunge (bme paflsi« ges which were inferted in the original copy, as being no ways interefting to the Public, and ie« veral dthers have undergone great alterations; ib that, in fi^d, the whole may be faid to be new- modelled, by being blended with a variety of I^emarks and Notes that w«re not inlcrted in the original copy, but which my long relidence in ths country has enabled me to add. The account of the principal quadrupeds and birds that frequent thofe Northern regions in Summer, as well as thofe vfhkh never migrate, though not defcribed in a fcientific manner, may not be entirely unacceptable to the moft fcienti- fic zoologifts; and to thofe who are unacquaint- ed with the technical terms ufed in zoology, it may perhaps be more ufeful and entertaining, than if I had defcribed them in the moft claffical manner. But I muft not conclude this Preface, without acknowledging, in the moft ample man- ner, theaffiftance I have reccivMAftm JjifesJi|p» M be. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations m
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