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APPENDIX. 



The discrepancies in the dimensions may be partly 

 reconciled by supposing the body of the specimen taken 

 on Captain Back's expedition to have been rather over- 

 stuffed ; while the one got by Sir J. Franklin's party may 

 have been allowed to shrink too much. Mr. Say's ex- 

 ample must have been a young individual, if the identity 

 of the species be granted. Say's bat, which is closely 

 allied to the V. pipistrellus and emarginatus of Europe, 

 has an extensive range, having been found on the 

 Arkansas, at Great Slave Lake, and in the interme- 

 diate district. 



American Black Bear. Ursus Americanus. (Pallas.) 



F. B. A. l. p. 14. 



This bear, which is the only one of the genus that 

 produces a valuable fur, may be readily known by a 

 pale yellowish-brown patch on each side of its long and 

 slightly arched nose. It feeds chiefly on fruit and other 

 vegetable matters ; and is by no means a ferocious 

 animal, seldom injuring man except in self-defence, and 

 shunning the combat whenever a way of retreat is open 



