v1 PREFACE. 
pleasant life of a wanderer, or by the actual’ 
observation of a careful investigator. 
In the following pages, the Author has pur- 
posely avoided any definite system of arrange- 
ment, preferring a pleasant gossip, chatting, 
as it were, by the fireside about North-Western 
Wilds. 
A detailed list of the Zoological collection 
made whilst Naturalist to the Government Com- 
mission will be found in the Appendix. 
JoHN Krast Lorp. 
London: May 28, 1866. 
