. 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. Till-: I'AIMMJ-niRCH. 3:J!). IIRITORJKS. â._-Tllo :; ,ir> liay ('" â¢diiMnu'lii'ii "f ll:' (ir r>aril':il- !'â ;,ii «iliUt<'n li' Minkâ'rhf».'ai"i ,,;_TllO ('MllM'' |oa«l first wmV casti'Vii t'*'!''"' Iriulo liiis Ih'.h l-inally tli'^ in Ltikos ana ^torior uf tlm' ^nioric'u nv^i"^' Ijr sunuiiiio f"l' [ee or four "I' jxpcditit'"'"'" with ij
. 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. Till-: I'AIMMJ-niRCH. 3:J!). IIRITORJKS. â._-Tllo :; ,ir> liay ('" â¢diiMnu'lii'ii "f ll:' (ir r>aril':il- !'â ;,ii «iliUt<'n li' Minkâ'rhf».'ai"i ,,;_TllO ('MllM'' |oa«l first wmV casti'Vii t'*'!''"' Iriulo liiis Ih'.h l-inally tli'^ in Ltikos ana ^torior uf tlm' ^nioric'u nv^i"^' Ijr sunuiiiio f"l' [ee or four "I' jxpcditit'"'"'" with ijooils roeoived on trust t'ntin a niorcliant, I'or a vovaij*' of ^'ivat (laiiufcr and hardship, it nii|^ht b»' of sovoral yrars, into tlic wildornoss. On their return tho merchant who ha<l <,''iven them credit of course received tho lion's share of the skins st. The modern ' voyiKjetn^'' who has usurped th«> place of the old ' I'ltiiri'iirK,^ is so like them in maimers and mode of life, tliat to know the one is to become ac(]uainted with the other. In .-liort, the voya^eur is merely a conreur subject to strict law and serving for a fixed pay ; while the coin-eur was a voya<,'our tradin<^ at his own risk and peril, and acknow- itil^injT no control when once beyond tho pale of European colonisation. The cannd is frequently called the 'ship of the desert,' and with equal justice th«' birch-bai'k canoe mi<^ht be named the ' camel of tho North American wilds.' For ifwecon- -idt-r the rivers which, covering the land like a net-work, ar.' the tony ground whose sharp angles would infallibly cut to I'i'CCS any boat made of wood; and finally the surround- iiiu' deserts, where, in case of an accident, the traveller is left to his own resources, we must come to the conclusion that ill such a country no intercourse could pIe and tough, and capable moreover of being easily repaire<'\vii together and ornamented with the quills of the porcupine, z 2. Ple
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