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to complete it before navigation closed. We passed down the coast 

 to York Factory in a sailboat and retraced our way to Norway House 

 in our canoe. The trip up the rapid streams with our heavily loaded 

 boat was a very arduous one, but we reached Norway House without 

 accident or delay on September 16, having completed a journey by 

 canoe and sailboat of more than 1,200 miles, much of it through very 

 difficult water. We took a steamer from Norway House on Septem- 

 ber 19 and arrived at Winnipeg on September 22. 



During our trip to Hudson Bay we were placed under many obliga- 

 tions to a number of officers of the Hudson's Bay Company, to whom 

 our cordial thanks are hereby extended. Through the courtesy of 

 C. C. Chipman, commissioner of the Hudson's Bay Company at Win- 

 nipeg, we were able to make arrangements to secure supplies and trans- 

 portation at the different trading posts of that company on our route; 

 without this aid the trip could hardly have been accomplished. Among 

 others who assisted us in various ways are Messrs. William Clark, 

 W. C. King, and Roderick MacFarlane, of Winnipeg; J. K. Mac- 

 Donald, of Norway House; William Campbell, of Oxford House; 

 G. B. Boucher, of York Factory- Ashton Alston, of Fort Churchill; 

 and especially Dr. Alexander Milne, of Winnipeg (formerly of York 

 Factory), who has given me many notes on the distribution of the larger 

 mammals. To the Rev. Mr. Chapman, a missionary at Fort Churchill, 

 we were also indebted for information and various courtesies. The 

 Rev. W. A. Burman, of Winnipeg, kindly furnished us with a list of 

 the principal trees and shrubs occurring about Winnipeg. From 

 Colonel Scobell, C. E., of Winnipeg, we obtained much detailed and 

 valuable information concerning the boat route to York Factory. 



In preparing this report I have received manj^ courtesies from Mr. 

 Robert Ridgway, curator, and Dr. C. W. Richmond, assistant curator 

 of birds in the U. S. National Museum, who have not only permitted the 

 unrestricted use of the collection under their charge but have helped 

 me in many other ways. Mr. Gerrit S. Miller, jr., assistant curator 

 of mammals in the National Museum, has extended similar favors in 

 regard to the mammals; and Dr. Leonhard Stejneger, curator of rep- 

 tiles in the National Museum, has aided in identifying the frogs col- 

 lected. Thanks are also due to Frederick V. Coville, botanist of the 

 Department of Agriculture, and his assistants, for identifying the 

 plants collected. Finally, I am indebted to Dr. C. Hart Merriam and 

 Dr. T. S. Palmer, chief and assistant chief of the Biological Survey, 

 for various courtesies extended during the progress of the work. 



GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE REGION TRAVERSED. 



Winnipeg is situated at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine 

 rivers, on the site of old Fort Garry. To the westward stretch the 

 plains, but the vicinitj' of the rivers is well wooded with elm {Ulmus 

 americana), mossy-cup oak {Quercus wcacrocarjpa), basswood {Tilia 



