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but owing to the fort built by it, at the mouth of Columbia River, it did something of 
itself, and much more by the opposition it stirred up among the other companies, to 
encourage exploration. 
(6) In 1821, by the union effected, there was but one fur company in Canada—the 
United Hudson’s Bay Company. While at times following the policy of erecting a 
Chinese wall around its territory, yet, by the work of its officers, and by the facilities it 
afforded to great explorers, the Hudson’s Bay Company has done much to increase the 
geographical knowledge of Rupert’s Land and the regions beyond. 
D. 
Bibliography of the Noted Journeys. 
(1) La VERANDRYE. 
(a) Original documents in Archives in Department of Marine and Colonies, 
Paris. 
(b) Letter of Marquis de Beauharnois, 1728. Parliamentary Library at Ottawa. 
(c) Revue Canadienne, Vol. X. Three articles by B. Sulte, Montreal, 1873. 
(d) Paper originally published in “ Moniteur,” by P. Margry, found in a 
Report on Boundaries by the Ontario Government, 1878. 
(2) La FRANCE (JOSEPH.) 
(a) Account of countries adjoining Hudson’s Bay. By Arthur Dobbs. 4to. 
London, 1744. 
(b) Report of Inquiry into Hudson’s Bay, 1749. 
(3) HEARNE (SAMUEL) 
A journey from Prince of Wales Fort to Coppermine, etc. By Samuel Hearne. 
4to. London, 1795. 
(4) MACKENZIE (ALEXANDER.) 
Voyages from Montreal, etc. By Sir Alexander Mackenzie. 4to. London, 
1801. 
(5) Three Great American Expeditions :— 
I. Lewis and CLARK. 
(a) Journal of the expedition up the Missouri and over the Rocky Mountains. 
By Patrick Gass. 8 vols. 8vo. London, 1808. 
(b) Voyage depuis l’embouchure, etc. 8vo. Paris, 1810. 
(c) History of the expedition, etc. By Paul Allen. Svo. Dublin, 1817. 
IT. Prxe (Z. M) 
Exploratory travels, etc. By Zebulon M. Pike, Major U. 8. Army. 4to. London, 
1811. 
