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whieh frequents the vicinity of the Yukon, in the woody district only. The polar or white bear 
is found only in E vicinity of Behring Strait, on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, and on St. 
Matthew's Islan n peur Sea. 5 has probably r (— the latter locality on floating ice; 
we only know tt it halers, who apply the name of Bear Island to the lo- 
eality, from the abu € of these animals. We know that it is not found on the mainland 
south of latitude Mats e degrees, The cubs of the black bear are of the same color as the 
parent, and very much smaller than its brown cousin, which sometimes reaches a 
— of scd NN YN a girth T as grea t The brown bear, or grizzly, is the only one 
Regarding the remains of the extinct elephant (Elephas primigenius), 
which are not eres found on the ENIM the author s pt: 
mig nius): The e bones are not so “common as the teeth and tusk, being found on the surface 
ies an usually much decayed: while the bones of n inask-ox and fossil buffalo found in the 
f the animal matter in 
nd — OPE — T no tradition of -— — large animal than the reindeer and 
f dead 
n a +h 4 13 QIh z PONES Mv u he 1a 43 ane S vd 
u- On - = Arctic coast occasionally find €— in such Séépüai. ‘that dej bpm 
the ivory, according to Simpson. 
FUR er on the geography of Alaska gives a full acount of the 
general Gage featured of the territory, and many useful details 
with regard to the navigation of the shores and adjacent islands. This 
this portion of the North Pacific, and it shows us, also, perhaps the most 
important result of the expedition. This was the demonstration of the 
cessation of the Rocky Mountains, at a point about one hundred and fifty 
miles south-east of Fort Yukon. 
*'The Rocky Mountain chain extends east of the basin of the Yukon, 
between it and the Mackenzie, as far north as latitude 649. Here it bends 
bid ada and, becoming broken, passes to the west and south, com- 
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t vegetation, bearing its blossoms and maturing its seeds as readily 
as in situations apparently much more favored. 
But in value to the geographical details are the many authentic 
