MAMMALS OF XOETHERX CAXADA 2C: 



ADDENDA. 



1. 



In the third reiDort of the Select Committee of the Senate 

 of the Dominion of Canada, appointed in 1S8S to inquire 

 into the resources of the " Great Mackenzie Basin," we find 

 the following classified summary of one year's catch of furs 

 offered for sale in London hy C. M. Lampson & Co., and by 

 the Hudson's Bay Company, namely: 



Martens 98,342 



Minks 376,223 



Musk Ox 198 



Musquash 2,485,368 



Extra black 13,944 



Otters, land 14,439 



Rabbits 114,824 



Sables 3,517 



Seals, hair-dry 13,478 



Skunks ti82,794 



Swans 57 



Wolves 7,156 



Wolverines 1,581 



It is to be regretted that the exact quantities of the fore- 

 going furs and peltries pertaining to each of the companies 

 were not given in separate columns, so that a naturalist, as 

 well as the general public, might not form erroneous opin- 

 ions in respect to the fur resources of the " Great Basin " 

 in question. The annual fur sales of the Hudson's Bay 

 Company in January and March comprise all of the pelts 

 collected by their ofiicers and agents throughout their former 

 chartered and licensed territories and from parts of ISTew 

 Ontario, Quebec, and Labrador. On the other hand, while 

 the Lampson incorporation undoubtedly received consider- 

 able quantities of the furs and peltries sold by them from the 

 same hunting grounds, yet it is believed that the bulk of 



