Sport and travel in the northland of Canada . d of hun-dreds, perhaps thousands, some of them weighing as muchas two pounds. We observed salmon (June 14) ascending the Sarker-wark-tuk River, which flows from a lake not far off. Flies, spiders, and other insects were noticed on June was abundant in the shape of dwarf birch, but noplants had as yet shown any sign of growth. I spent sometime in examining the rocks in the region, and found themmarked in an interesting manner by ice action. One after-noon I took the altitude of a longish hill or ridge over-looking our camp, and found it 840
Sport and travel in the northland of Canada . d of hun-dreds, perhaps thousands, some of them weighing as muchas two pounds. We observed salmon (June 14) ascending the Sarker-wark-tuk River, which flows from a lake not far off. Flies, spiders, and other insects were noticed on June was abundant in the shape of dwarf birch, but noplants had as yet shown any sign of growth. I spent sometime in examining the rocks in the region, and found themmarked in an interesting manner by ice action. One after-noon I took the altitude of a longish hill or ridge over-looking our camp, and found it 840 feet high. One day I had a long talk with Hun and Pun withwhose dialect I was now fairly familiar. They told me, andthis information was corroborated by others afterwards,that the wavey goose nests in large numbers on KentPeninsula, and across Dease Strait on Victoria Land, butnone are found to the west of Cape Croker. I write thisbecause the nesting habits of the wavey goose are muchdiscussed, it is a common belief among the traders of the. ColNlKV ON KkNT
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