. The polar and tropical worlds [microform] : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe : two volumes in one : embracing also an account of the expeditions of all the Arctic explorers from the discovery of Iceland, over one thousand years ago, to Hall's last expedition in the northern world, together with the wonderful discoveries and adventures of Agassiz, Livingstone, Wallace, and other distinguished travelers in the tropical countries. Arctic races; Tropics; Natural history; Races arctiques; Régions tropicales; Sciences naturelles; genealogy. T 1 [ 1
. The polar and tropical worlds [microform] : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe : two volumes in one : embracing also an account of the expeditions of all the Arctic explorers from the discovery of Iceland, over one thousand years ago, to Hall's last expedition in the northern world, together with the wonderful discoveries and adventures of Agassiz, Livingstone, Wallace, and other distinguished travelers in the tropical countries. Arctic races; Tropics; Natural history; Races arctiques; Régions tropicales; Sciences naturelles; genealogy. T 1 [ 1 il mi 1 m iH ,1 1 rfyrrr I i. S ! Amr M>. THE POLAR WOItLD. I'Viii veins without, tiiincf. Aocoril'mi; to Sir Joliii Iliclifinlsoii, jio fisli in ,iiiv oomitry or hcii oxci-ls tiic whiti'-lisii in ll;ivor ami wholi'Hoim'iU'MM, ami it is ;liu most lu'iulicial article of tlict to iIk- IJcil Indiaiis near tliu Aretic Circle, heiii" olitaine(l with more certainly than the reimleer, ami with less ^e of ahculo in summer and winter. Eiich of the principal forts is the seat of a chief factor, or tjoneral ndnili tralor of a district, and of a (thief trader, who transacts the business with th ln<l \\i- lans. I'loides these principal fiinctiiviariosâout of whom the Ljovernor is cl loscn âthe Company employed, in IStiO, 5 siirLfeons, 8" clerks, 07 jiostmaslers, Ijim â permanenl st'rvants, aiK I .â )()() vovayeurs. hesid es temporary employes of dii eiit ranks, so that the total nmnlier of persons in its pay was at least IJesides this little army of innnediate dependents, the whoh; male Indian popu- lation of its vast territory, amoimtinL? to aliout |0(),()()() hunters and trappers, may he considered as actively employed in the servici' of the Company. Ann- ed vessels, holh sailini^ and stem, are employed on the north-west coast to cai- ry on the fur-trade witii the warlike natives of that distant region. More tlimi twenty years a^o this trade alone jji,ave employ
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