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House, and have, therefore, plenty of good milk and butter. They 

 are supplied with abundance of game, including deer, reindeer 

 tongues, etc. Three thousand reindeer tongues were brought down 

 from Lac du Brochet to Cumberland House in one season. 



The products of the Cumberland district for the year 1883 were 

 as follows : — 



Bears, 372 



Beavers, 4,684 



Ermine 226 



Fisher 50 



Blue Foxes 4 



Cross " 30 



Red " 91 



White " 332 



Silver " 3 



Lynx 442 



Marten 2,159 



Mink 7,790 



Musk-rat 180,791 



Otter 434 



Skunk 6 



Wolverine 175 



Wolf 76 



Weenisk 1 



Musk-ox 1 



Castoreum 214 lbs. 



Isinglass 80 " 



Few people are aware of the number of Hudson's Bay Company's 

 trading posts in the Dominion of Canada, or of the great volume of 

 trade conducted annually hy that corporation. Following is a list 

 of the posts in the Dominion, not including winter posts : 



Fort Chippewayan. 



" McMurray. 

 Fond du Lac. 

 Red River. 

 Fort Vermillion. 



" Smith. 



" Resolution. 



" Dun vegan. 



" St. John's. 

 Hudson's Hope. 

 Battle River. 

 Lesser Slave Lake. 

 Whitefish Lake. 

 Grand Prairie. 

 Fort Simpson. 

 Rampart House. 

 Lapierre's House. 



Peel's River. 

 Fort Good Hope. 



" Liard. 



" Nelson. 



" Providence. 



" Rae. 



" Norman. 

 Nut Lake. 

 Manitoba House. 

 Fairford. 

 Waterhen River. 

 Shoal River. 

 Duck Bay. 

 Rat Portage. 

 Fort Frances. 

 Lac Seul. 

 Eagle Lake. 



