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part of Cumberland sound, in 1925, only one weasel trail was seen and 
only one hunter's skin was obtainable from the various Eskimo encamp- 
ments. On the expedition to Nettilling lake during the five months of 
spring, summer, and autumn of 1925, not a single weasel was seen. On 
December 7, 1925, a specimen was secured in Pangnirtung fiord. This 
specimen (No. 6118 c?) measured: length, 314; tail, 76; hind foot, 46. On 
December 29, 1925, another specimen (No. 6123 cf) was secured in the 
same district; it measured: length, 325; tail, 93; hind foot, 44. The tail 
to the end of the pencil measures in the case of specimen No. 6118, 150 mm., 
of which 100 mm. are black, and in the case of specimen No. 6123, 262 mm., 
of which 120 mm. are black. Both specimens are in winter pelage of 
white. On No. 6118 there is no trace of the yellowish tinge on the under- 
parts such as characterizes some more southern species in winter pelage. 
On No. 6123 there is a very pale lemon-yellow cast on the inside of the 
front legs and over part of the hind legs and the base of the tail. 
On a journey from Pangnirtung to Foxe basin, via Nettilling lake, 
and return, in January and February, 1926, only two weasel trails were 
seen: one on the height of land between Kaggilartung and Nettilling fiords, 
and the other among the low islands in the east end of Nettilling lake. 
On a journey extending from March 4 to April 1, 1926, into the Nettilling 
Lake region, only two weasel trails were seen. On a traverse in April, 
1926, from Cumberland sound to Amadjuak bay, only one weasel trail 
was seen. During the spring and summer of 1926, spent on the south 
coast of Baffin island between Amadjuak bay and King cape, but mainly 
at cape Dorset, not a single weasel was observed. 
Kumlien, during the winter spent in Cumberland gulf, procured two 
specimens from Kingnait fiord. Kumlien (1879, p. 53) writes: “Appears 
to follow the lemming in their migrations; is nowhere abundant in Cum- 
berland, and even unknown to some of the Eskimos”. The weasel is the 
animal listed by Hantzsch as Putorius cicognanii. He failed to secure any 
specimens during the winter of 1909-10 in Cumberland sound. In Novem- 
ber, 1910, he saw tracks of the animal, usually in the rocky highlands in 
the vicinity of Foxe basin, far north of Koukjuak river. During December, 
1910, trails were rarely met with in the vicinity of the mouth of Koukdji- 
tariak river, Foxe basin. Writing of the same locality during January, 
1911, Plantzsch (1913, pp. 154-155) states: 
“During this month no tracks of the animal were observed by my people. The lack 
of ptarmigan and the exceptionally rare occurrence of hares may have caused migration 
of the individuals existing here earlier. Indeed the snow is everywhere drifted so hard and 
frozen, that tracks of such a light animal could seldom leave behind an impression.” 
In February and March, 1911, according to Hantzsch, conditions 
remained the same and signs of weasels were rarely seen. 
3. Gulo luscus (Linnaeus), wolverine. 
Eskimo: Rubbing. 
The wolverine is the rarest mammal inhabiting Baffin island. Most 
Eskimo have not seen the animal alive or dead. Kumlien (1879, p. 71) 
wrote: “among the Eskimo there is mention of an animal that from their 
descriptions and drawings seems to be a Gulo”. As a result of inquiries 
made in 1923, it was learned that in 1922 the skin of a wolverine was 
traded by an Eskimo, at the Hudson’s Bay Company’s post, Ponds inlet. 
Mr. Georges H^rodier, then manager of the post, stated that the skin was 
