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then attributed rather to the quantity than the quaUty of the meat, and to our having 

 been for some time previous on very short allowance of provision. The Esquimaux eat 

 its flesh without experiencing any such inconvenience ; but the liver is always given to 

 the dogs, and that may possibly be the noxious part. The Esquimaux of Boothia 

 Felix killed several during their stay in our neighbourhood in 1830 — all males. 



The males are considerably larger than the females, as will be seen by the following 

 measurements, being the average of nine males and seven females taken by myself: 



Length from snout to the end of the tail 

 snout to shoulder 

 snout to occiput 

 Circumference before the eyes 



at broadest part of the head 

 at largest part of the abdomen 

 Length of alimentary canal 

 Weight 



The vFeight varies very much according to the season and condition of the animal. 

 The largest of the above measured 101.5 inches in length, and weighed 1028 lbs., 

 although in poor condition. 



2.— GULO LUSCUS (Wolverene). 



GuLO Luscus. — Cuv: Reg. An. — vol. i., p. 141. 

 Rich: Faun. Bor. Amer. — p. 41. 

 Sab. inSitpp.to Appx. to Parry's ]st Voy. — p. clxxxiv. 



Ka 6 week. — Esquimaux of Boothia Felix. 



Kab le a rioo. — Esquimaux of Melville Peninsula. 



Some traces of the existence of this animal in the highest northern latitudes were 

 observed on two of the preceding Arctic expeditions ; but none of the animals were 

 seen on either of those occasions : although we now know that it remains throughout 

 the winter as far north as the 70° of latitude, and is not, like some other animals 

 of that rigorous climate, subject to any change of colour from the most intense cold. 



