. The polar world [microform] : a popular description of man and nature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe. Arctic races; Zoology; Races arctiques; Zoologie. :^i&^i "•^«»^»4t«l-»a8'?"-«ii;. Hudson's Bav Post. CllArTER XXVI I. TIIF. FIR THADK OT TIIK HlDSOX's l!AY TKHRITOHIFS. Tlif C'liiipcur ilt> I'nis Till- Viiv.'i^'cur —Till' I'irdi-liai'k Cmikio—Tlio ('. l'"iir Tnicii- ill tlif hivt Cciitiiry—Tlic lliulsoirs l!ay Coiiipiiiiy—llliinilv ImuiK between tlie Nortli-Wc >t n{ ('Miiailii iiinl llu' lluilsuiiV l>;iv (''i|iiii;iiiv —'i'li
. The polar world [microform] : a popular description of man and nature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe. Arctic races; Zoology; Races arctiques; Zoologie. :^i&^i "•^«»^»4t«l-»a8'?"-«ii;. Hudson's Bav Post. CllArTER XXVI I. TIIF. FIR THADK OT TIIK HlDSOX's l!AY TKHRITOHIFS. Tlif C'liiipcur ilt> I'nis Till- Viiv.'i^'cur —Till' I'irdi-liai'k Cmikio—Tlio ('. l'"iir Tnicii- ill tlif hivt Cciitiiry—Tlic lliulsoirs l!ay Coiiipiiiiy—llliinilv ImuiK between tlie Nortli-Wc >t n{ ('Miiailii iiinl llu' lluilsuiiV l>;iv (''i|iiii;iiiv —'i'lieir Aiiialtr:ini;ii ion into a New ('( in IS'il — Kei'Diistrui'timMif lli' IIikIsuh's I!ay ('iiiiii'aiiy in ISfiH—I'mMs ui' Houses Tlie All ilia wiiny: JiiHiwiV' of the Coini'aiiy oil its .--ava^'e l)i'|ii'ii(lenls—'I'lie lilaek Itear or liarilial—Tin Jirown I'lar—Tlie (irisly IKar 'I'iii' Ii'aeoon ~'I'lie Ainei'iean (ilnttoii 'I'll' Pino >rafteii- Tile I'lkan or Wlioek—The Cliiiiiza—Tlie Mink—The Caiia iliaii Fish-otter—Tiu'(' I'ox The l>iaek or Silvery I'ox—The (' l^ynx or Tishu—The Ice Hare— 'I'lie Heaver—The Mnxjiiasli. AS tlio dosiro to ivaeh Tiulia by tlio shortest roiul first '' tlie civilisi'd world {icquaiiited Avith the eastern const of North AiiK'riea, so the extension of the fur trade has Imhii the chief, or rather tlie oiil}-, motive wliicli originally led tlu^ footsteps of the white niaii from the C^madian Lakes iiml the borders of Hudson's Bay into the remote interior of that vast continent. The first Euroi)ean fur traders in North Aiiieriea weiv French (Canadians—coureurs des bois—a littintr surnaino fi'i' men habituated to an [ndian forest life. Three or four "t these 'irregular spirits ' a^'reein*^ to make an expedition into the backwoods would set out in their birch-bark canoe, lailtii. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have b
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