"There's the York Factory packet from Hudson Bay to 11 innipeg, 

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

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

 \ork Factory it is hauled by men with toboggans. ill 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 lliose routes, on account 

 of . . ." See Chapter V 



