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I am indebted to Commander Peary for the following 

 information regarding the occurrence of Caribou in 

 Ellesmere Land. In a letter dated Philadelphia, 

 October 13, 1902, he says: "In answer to your in- 

 quiries I will say that remains and traces of reindeer 

 have been noted by previous explorers at the following 

 points in Ellesmere Land and Grinnell Land : Alexan- 

 dra Haven, Ellesmere Land; Rawlings Bay, Grinnell 

 Land, and in the Fort Conger region, Grinnell Land; 

 and an antler was picked up by a member of my party 

 In the summer of 1901 at Erik Harbour, some twelve 

 miles south of Cape Sabine. The published reports 

 of Sverdrup's expedition state that he found reindeer 

 in abundance on the west side of Ellesmere Land. 



"I have seen many winter coats of the Greenland 

 Caribou and they are pronouncedly darker than the 

 Ellesmere specimens." 



