. An historical and descriptive account of British America [microform] : comprehending Canada Upper and Lower, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas, and the fur countries, their history from the earliest settlement, the statistics and topography of each district, their commerce ... : to which is added a full detail of the principles and best modes of emigration. Hudson's Bay Company; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. I' ••,1 250 NOTICES REGARDING THE PRINCIPAL marked by alternate bands of black and white. Dr Ricliardson
. An historical and descriptive account of British America [microform] : comprehending Canada Upper and Lower, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas, and the fur countries, their history from the earliest settlement, the statistics and topography of each district, their commerce ... : to which is added a full detail of the principles and best modes of emigration. Hudson's Bay Company; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. I' ••,1 250 NOTICES REGARDING THE PRINCIPAL marked by alternate bands of black and white. Dr Ricliardson describes it as a lively restless creature, very troublesome to the hunters, and often provoking them to destroy it on account of its angry cheruping noise, by which it is apt to alarm the other inhabitants of the forest. "When the snow disappears many small collec- tions of hazel nuts, from which the kernel has been ex- tracted by a minute hole in the side, are found on the ground near the holes of this species. It scarcely ever ascends trees by its own free will, but makes its nest in holes on the edges of rocks, and Mr Say informs us that its domicile is filled with an extraordinary assemblage of the burs of xanthium, branches and other portions of the large upright cactus, and small branches of pine trees, and other productions, sufficient in some cases to fill a cart. This kind is rather characteristic of the more western territories of America, and is well known on the Rocky Mountains, near the sources of the Arkansas and the Platte. It has, however, been found at the south end of Lake Winnipeg, in lat. 50°, and is common throughout the woody districts as far north as Great Slave Lake. In conmion with the hackee, already noticed, it is named Le Suisse by the French Canadians, an appellation which, says Father Theodat, arose from their skins being i-ayed with black, white, red, and gray, and thus resembling the breeches of the Switzers who formed the Pope's guar
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