FOREST 
AND STREAM 
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April, 1921 
WILD LIFE IN CANADA 
F rederick a. stokes com- 
pany has recently brought out 
a book entitled “Wild Life In 
Canada”, by Captain Angus Buchanan, 
264 pages, price $4.50. 
It is a straightforward account of a 
research expedition through the re- 
gion lying between the Saskatchewan 
River and the Arctic Barren Grounds, 
involving seven hundred and eighty- 
five miles by dog-sled and over one 
thousand by canoe. The purpose of 
the expedition was to study the wild 
life of the region, but not in a purely 
scientific way. It, therefore, holds 
much interest for the layman as well 
as for the naturalist. 
The author writes in a delightful 
way and sheds much light on caribou 
migration, dealing at length with the 
Indians’ method of hunting them. He 
takes the reader into the deep sha- 
dowed land of little sticks and tells 
of the life of the Chipewyan trapper. 
The sled dogs of the northern trails 
are described at length and there is a 
chapter on seeking the sand-hill crane. 
The book is full of the magic of the 
north. Those who have journeyed into 
the wilderness places can readily see 
how vividly the author has depicted 
the beauty, the loneliness and the 
fascination of such a journey by the 
following description of the author’s 
approach to Fort DuBrochet on Rein- 
deer Lake: 
“Night was creeping down over the 
earth, and the shores were darkening 
to blackness when our journey on the 
lake drew to a close and we neared 
the Post of Fort DuBrochet. The 
gladness of a summer’s day was fold- 
ing its spirit in repose, and the in- 
flexions of a score of tiny nature 
sounds were fading away into the 
darkness, though still the strained ear 
caught the laughing trickle of water 
against the canoe and the low-speaking 
lap of the gentle waves as they came 
and went with the lazy northern 
breeze. Our approach was unheralded, 
and the lone canoe stole softly inshore, 
where cabins stood solemnly silhouetted 
against the wistful sky. Dim figures 
moved on shore to the left, and low 
voices, in native conversation, rose — 
then died away. Stars peeped out, and 
the Northern Lights grew clear in the 
overhead sky. A rising fish splashed — 
and another. Then silence reigned.” 
Not least among the many attractions 
of the book is its mechanical appear- 
ance. It is printed on light paper and 
in clear bold type and contains numer- 
ous illustrations. Unfortunately there 
are a number of errors in the Latin 
names of the various species of birds 
and animals seen on the trip and listed 
in the final chapter. This was proba- 
bly due to careless proof-reading and 
does not detract from the joy one 
feoiq while perusing the narrative. 
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