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"There s the York Factory packet from Hudson Bay to Winnipeg, 

 a distance of seven hundred miles. In winter it is hauled by dogs 

 between Selkirk and Oxford House, but between the latter post and 

 York Factory it is hauled by men with toboggans. All mails in and 

 out from Hudson Bay to or from the next post in the interior are 

 hauled by men. Dogs are seldom used on tliose routes, on account 

 of . . ." Sue Chapter V 



