A journey from Prince of Wales's fort in Hudson Bay to the northern ocean, in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, and 1772-- . able clause : Company may recall them home at any time without 296 JOURNEY TO THE NORTHERN OCEAN satisfaction for the remaining time. Contract may be renewed, if servants orlabourers wish, at expiry of term. Salary advanced forty shillings, if men havebehaved well in first term. The land and sea officers and tradesmens salariesdo not vary, but seamens are raised in time of war. A ship of 200 tons burden, bearing provisions, arrives yearly in August orearly September. Sails aga
A journey from Prince of Wales's fort in Hudson Bay to the northern ocean, in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, and 1772-- . able clause : Company may recall them home at any time without 296 JOURNEY TO THE NORTHERN OCEAN satisfaction for the remaining time. Contract may be renewed, if servants orlabourers wish, at expiry of term. Salary advanced forty shillings, if men havebehaved well in first term. The land and sea officers and tradesmens salariesdo not vary, but seamens are raised in time of war. A ship of 200 tons burden, bearing provisions, arrives yearly in August orearly September. Sails again in ten days, wind permitting, with cargo andthose returning. Sailors alone get pay when at home. The annual trade sent home from this fort is from ten to four thousandmade beaver, in furs, pelts, castorum, goose feathers, and quills, and a smallquantity of train oil and whale bone, part of which they receive from theEskimos, and the rest from the white whale fishery. A black whale fishery isin hand, but it shows no progress. (The Remarkable History of theHudsons Bay Company. By George Bryce, 1900, pp. 108-9.)]. Photo: J. B, lyrreil, August lo, 1894. TWO CHIPEWYAX INDIANS FROM KAZAN RIVER ^ \ ? ? ? JB
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