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CHARTING OF LABRADOR 



Governor Sir Wm. MacGregor at the theodolite; Mr Gould, of Bowdoin University, acting 

 secretary. This is some of our volunteer work 



Other hand, I have known a trapper paid 

 $40.00 in trade (value about $20.00) for 

 a fox which fetched $700.00, or £140, in 

 the market. 



I have tried breeding foxes for five 

 years, but without success. My ''parks" 

 were close to the houses, and too much 

 disturbed, I presume. But others have 

 had good success, and I intend later to 

 try again further in the country. 



That black parents throw black pups 

 is a fairly well-established fact, especially 

 when the black parents are of the second 

 generation. That black pups are sports 

 of red parents, just as bitches have pup- 

 pies of many hues, is also true. It is 

 possible naturally for these black scions 

 of red parents to throw back and have 

 red pups. But with black grandfathers 

 and mothers, the puppies are pretty cer- 

 tain to be black also. The feeding of 

 these is no more difficult than that of any 

 ordinary dog, and the offspring may be 



worth $1,000 apiece. Last year I saw 

 dug out from an island four small foxes, 

 all dark silvers. These had a black 

 mother, but unfortunately the dog was 

 not seen. I presiuiie he also was dark. 



Other writers to the contrary, foxes 

 of the same brood will kill and eat each 

 other. I have known it three or four 

 times. 



Of bears generally I have little to say. 

 We have our share of black and white. 

 Both of these I have shot and eaten. 

 The flesh of both is good and nourishing. 

 The black bear, being a herbivore, as a 

 rule tastes much like venison. He is, 

 however, exceedingly fond of fish, and 

 he not only poaches salmon pools, but 

 comes to his death from this predilection, 

 for it leads him to wander in search of 

 the innumerable dead capelin, and to ven- 

 ture almost into the summer fishing set- 

 tlements. 



Many interesting tales about bears nat- 



