106 
41. Musk. 
Ci A) Si 1 Ge. Ri 
1,267 Wolves. 
92 Wolverenes. 
10,280 Grey Foxes and Cats. 
451 Red Foxes. 
This great balance in favor of the French arifes not only from their 
fuperior honefty in their dealings with the ignorant Jndians, but the 
advantageous fituation of Canada for the fur trade. They had both 
fides of the river St. Lawrence; the country round the five great 
lakes ; and the countries bordering on the rivers flowing into them ; 
and finally, the fine fur countries bordering on the Hud/on’s Bay 
company, many of whofe waters falling into the St. Lawrence, 
gave an eafy conveyance of thofe commodities to Montreal; where 
a fair is annually kept, with all the favage circumftances attendant 
on Indian concourfe. 
The traffic carried on in Hud/on’s Bay is chiefly brought from the 
chain of lakes and rivers that empty themfelves into the bay at 
Ne/fon’s river, running foutherly from lat. 56 to lat. 45. Lake 
Pachegoia is the moft northerly: there the Indians rendezvous in 
March, to make their canoes for the tranfportation of the furs; for 
at that feafon the bark of the birch-tree feparates very eafily from 
the wood. 
Hift. Quad, N° 252.—Smellie, v. 260 
EAVER. Withathick nofe, blunt at the end: ears fhort, hid 
in the fur: eyes large : body thick, and in form quite refembles 
that of the Beaver; its color, and that of the head, a reddifh brown: 
breaft and belly cinereous, tinged with ruft-color: the fur is very 
foft and fine. 
The toes on every foot are diftinét and divided: thofe of the 
hind feet fringed on both fides with ftiff hairs or briftles, clofely fet 
together: tail compreffed, and thin at the edges, covered with {mall 
f{cales, with a few hairs intermixed. 
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