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HOOFED ANIMALS 



through the western part of Athabasca, but throughout all 

 the thickly wooded parts of Athabasca I have no hesitation 



in saying that Wood- 

 land Caribou are not 

 uncommon. They 

 certainly occur along 

 the Churchill River, 

 and I think that their 

 tracks were common 

 along the banks of 

 the Athabasca River, 

 though I cannot defi- 

 nitely remember this, 



ANTLERS OF GREENLAND 

 CARIBOU (R. grocnlandicus). 



Showing the form characteristic of 

 theBarren Ground Caribou group. 

 Specimen from the northwest 

 coast of Greenland. 



and I have not my 

 note-books here to 

 help me. 



"The Indians told 

 me that the Wood- 

 land Caribou of the 

 Churchill River and 

 vicinity move northward, and the Barren-Ground Caribou 

 southward in autumn, and that both winter in the same 

 region, in a country where the trees are festooned by a long, 

 black, hair-like lichen (Alectoria jiibata?). However, I believe 



