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CARIBOU BARRENS. 



district, and also the Virginia deer in its southern part. North of 

 the Ottawa and St. Lawrence, the caribou ranges all through the 

 vast forest regions as far as the southern limits of Hudson's Bay, and 

 is abundant in the north-west territories, as far as the McKenzie 

 River, and is also found inhabiting the high lands of British 

 Columbia. 



In the State of Maine they are met with in tolerable abundance, 

 and if the existing game-laws are strictly enforced, we may hope 

 that their numbers will not be diminished. In the wilderness tracts 

 of that State there are vast stretches of barrens, amply provided with 

 the reindeer lichen and interspersed with innumerable lakes and 

 uplands, constituting a country admirably adapted to the habits of 

 the caribou. It has been said that the caribou extends along the 

 border west of Lake Superior to the Pacific ; but, as late as 1874, none 

 were found along the border of Dakota and Montana. If the species 

 reaches the wooded region at and west of the Rocky Mountains, its 

 presence does not seem to be well attested. It is, however, said to 

 occur in Washington Territory, but I may add that a competent 

 authority doubts the existence of the caribou in the United States 

 west of the Red River of the North. Within the last year, the 

 presence of the caribou in Minnesota and Wisconsin has been 

 authenticated. 



The prevailing color of the caribou is a dark fawn inclining to 

 gray, darkest at the tips of the hairs, on the sides, ears, face, and 

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