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His third, however, was more successful, and he reached a point near 

 the mouth of the Coppermine River. The narrative of these trips, 

 which he published in 1796, contains much information concerning the 

 animals of the region visited, but as this lies for the most part beyond 

 the boundaries of the region now under consideration (see p. 38), few of 

 the observations made on his journey are of use in the present connec- 

 tion. In his closing chapter, however, he gives a detailed account of 

 most of the animals witli which he had become familiar during a long 

 residence in the country, and some of these observations have been 

 utilized. 



Sir John Franklin, in 1819, on his first journey to the Polar Sea, 

 passed through Keewatin from York Factory to Norwa}' House, fol- 

 lowing the route now usually traveled between these points. And in 

 1822, on his return to the Bay to sail for England, he again traversed 

 this route. A considerable collection of birds was made at York 

 Factory. Some specimens were apparently taken on the first arrival 

 at the post in the early autumn of 1819, but a larger number between 

 the middle of July and 1st of September, 1822, while the expedition 

 was waiting to return to England. Apparently referring to the first 

 York Factory collection, Joseph Sabine says: 



The specimens collected on the first arrival of the travellers at York Factory « were 

 sent as soon as received in England, to the British Museum, where they became 

 mixed with other collections from Hudson's Bay and Batfin's Bay * * *. It being 

 impossible to separate them, these have been entirely excluded from the account, 

 which consequently contains a much less number of sea birds than would otherwise 

 have appeared in it. f> 



The valuable collection made at York Factory in the late summer of 

 1822 was almost equally unfortunate, as Richardson says: 



This was the only autumn collection made on either Expedition, and we regret 

 that we have not been able to avail ourselves of it, so much as we could have wished, 

 in drawing up the present work. Exclusive of the specimens above alluded to as 

 having been entirely lost, many were destroyed by moths in London; and the only 

 portion of the collection which I can now trace are forty specimens, which were 

 presented to the Museum of the University of Edinburgh, and are still in good 

 condition. <^ 



The voyages of Capts. Edward Parry and John Ross, between 1819 

 and 1833, added much to the knowledge of the fauna of the northern 

 part of the Hudson Bay region, and reports on the natural historj'' 

 were published in the appendices to their narratives. 



«This seems to be the only evidence that a collection was made at York Factory 

 on the arrival of the expedition at that post in the early autumn of 1819. No men- 

 tion of this collection occurs in the narrative of the journey given by Franklin (nor, 

 indeed, is the second collection alluded to), and Richardson intimates that no such 

 collection was made. 



6 Franklin's Narrative of a Journey to the Polar Sea, Appendix, p. 670, 1823. 



"Fauna Boreali-Americana, II, Introduction, p. xv, 1831. 



