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20. Mustela americana. 



Mustela americana. Turton, Syst. Nat., i, 1806, p. 106. 



"The pine marten is found in the vicinity of Lake Edward and 

 Salmon Lake in fair numbers, many skins being taken each 

 winter. On the portage road leading from the Restigouche to 

 Two Brooks Lake I saw many deadfalls built for catching this 

 mammal, and at Grog Brook my guide took 2 fine specimens in 

 steel traps set near the entrails of a caribou, taking one the i4th, 

 the other the 2oth of September. The skull of one of these 

 specimens was saved from the fire in fairly good condition, but 

 in some manner was lost on the portage coming out, and though 

 I went back to search, failed to find it. On the trip back through 

 the chain of lakes between Lake Edward and Lake Ecarte I saw 

 many deadfalls built for taking this mammal, and it may yet be 

 considered common in that region and on the Upper Resti- 

 gouche." (T. S.) 



21. Putorius vison. 



Putorius vison. Briss. Regn. Animal, 1756, p. 246. 



Two examples from Rat River, Lake Edward. 



" Minks are scarce in the immediate vicinity of civilization 

 throughout the section visited, but I heard of them at every 

 place visited, though they were apparently less common about 

 Murray Bay. They are more abundant near Lake Edward 

 than elsewhere, and I secured a very fine $ there and a 

 little later a 9 at Rat River. Also took one at Grog Brook, but 

 it was destroyed with the other specimens secured there." (T. S.) 



22. Mustela pennanti. 



Mustela pennanti. Erxl. , Syst. Regn. Anim., 1777, p. 470. 



"The only place at which I heard of the fisher was at Lake 

 Edward, where they are becoming scarce, however. Mr. Row- 

 ley gets a few skins each winter from trappers, who get them in 

 the wild region to the westward of that place." (T. S.) 



23. Lutra canadensis. 



Lutra canadensis. Kerr, Linn. Anim. King., 1777, p. 448. 



" Otters are still found at Salmon Lake, and at the little lake 

 near my camp at Grog Brook I saw a fresh slide, but failed 

 to trap any. In August, I shot an otter, the only one I saw, in 

 the Vermillion River (outlet of Lake Ecarte), but it was lost in 

 the rapids of that fine trout stream. Mr. Rowley told me otters 



