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grizzlies, in British Columbia at least ; and the man who revisits — 
a caribou carcase after a few days’ absence is likely enough to — 
find big tracks going in front of him, and a big, bad-tempered 
beast suffering from a surfeit of venison lying not far from the — 
body. 
Mr. Rowland Ward mentions a head 6o ins. long, with a 
span of 41} ins., having 15 tines on the one side and 22 tines on 
the other. 
(4) BarREN GRouND Carisou (C. farandus arcticus) 
Almost all that I know of the Barren Ground Caribou 
(C. ¢tarandus arcticus) has been derived from the writings of — 
my friend Mr. Warburton Pike, who has enjoyed exceptional — 
opportunities of studying this beast recently in its native 
haunts, the barren lands of Upper Canada. According to him, ~ 
the Barren Ground caribou is about one-third smaller than its 
woodland cousin. This seems fairly conclusive, coming from a ~ 
man who has seen and shot.so many Barren Ground caribou a: as 
Mr Pike has. i 
The range of this beast is, according to my authority, ‘from ~ 
the islands in the Arctic Sea to the southern part of Hudson 
Bay, while the Mackenzie river is the limit of its average 
- western wanderings.’ 
The Barren Ground caribou appears to rut at about the ~ 
same season as the woodland variety, and masses up into those» 
huge herds known locally as ‘la foule’ for its winter migration” 
southwards, late in October. A month later the males and 
females separate, the latter beginning to work their way north 
again as early as the end of February ; they reach the edge of 
the woods in April, and drop their young far out towards the 
sea-coast in June. The males stay in the woods until May and — 
never reach the coast, but meet the females on their way inland 
at the end of July ; from this time they stay together till th 
rutting season is over, and it is time to seek the woods once 
more. The horns are mostly clear of velvet towards the end 0 
September, and are shed by the old bulls early in December. 
