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Bay Factor's cabin at Pelican Narrows, 

 January 15. 



BARREN-GROUND CARIBOU. See Chapter VI. 



MUSK-OX. A number of skins were seen east 

 of White Partridge Lake, twenty miles south of 

 the Barren Grounds, November 26. They had 

 been taken by Eskimos in territory further north. 



WOODCHUCK. One trapped Beaver River, 

 May 19. 



CHIPMUNK. Observed on an island on Sandy 

 Lake on the Churchill River, June 11. The first 

 specimen seen for a long time ; and the only 

 one noted during the remainder of the expedition. 



RED SQUIRREL. Heard chattering in spruce 

 forest on shores of Black Bear Island Lake on 

 the Churchill River, June 14. Observed on 

 shore of Rapid River Lake, Churchill River, 

 June 24. One taken on shore of Sucker Bay, 

 south end Reindeer Lake, July 5. Observed 

 Cochrane River, July 24. One taken north of 

 Fort Du Brochet, October 31. 



MUSK-RAT. Observed on Sandy Lake, 

 Churchill River, June 9, and in marsh in neigh- 

 bourhood of Fort Du Brochet in August. 



CANADIAN BEAVER. Few dams observed north 

 of Fort Du Brochet in September. 



PORCUPINE. Observed lie a la Crosse Lake, 

 May 27. Observed swimming in water Sandy 

 Lake, on the Churchill River, June 11. Again 

 observed this species swimming on Island Lake, 

 Churchill River, 'June 26. Later the animal 

 climbed a poplar tree. 



VARYING HARE, or White Rabbit. One male 

 taken inland west of Du Brochet Lake : this the 



