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journey about the head of Cumberland sound. At this time, at two 
Hudson’s Bay Company’s outposts — Kingua and Nettilling — one post 
had only seven fox skins and the other only five, after nearly three months 
of trapping. On January 25, 1925, the writer trapped a blue fox and a 
white fox. They measured and weighed as follows: No. 5727, cf : length, 
820; tail, 280; hind foot, 140; weight, 6 pounds. No. 5728, 9 : length, 
810; tail, 275; hind foot, 140; weight, 5 pounds. To the close of January, 
blue foxes formed 25 per cent of the foxes caught at Pangnirtung post. 
In February and March, 1925, the scarcity of foxes was evident 
during a trip to the east coast of Baffin island. Between February 7 and 
12, while traversing Pangnirtung pass, not a single fox trail was seen. 
Exceedingly few foxes were on Broughton island; a few were found in 
Meartajene fiord a short distance south, but they were almost absent from 
Kevetuk district and Merchants Bay region. One of the best hunters at 
Padle, in Merchants bay, had failed, up to late February, to catch a single 
fox. Two other hunters had one each. The Eskimo at Padle up to this 
date had caught only fourteen foxes, five of which were blue foxes. One 
hunter who had caught only one fox, said that in the winter of 1922-23, 
he trapped forty-six foxes. A number of fox trails were seen in early 
March, 1925, in Kingnait pass, more than in any other locality visited 
during the winter. A live fox was seen on March 10, on Kingnait fiord. 
In the spring of 1925, fox trails were seen at intervals toward the head 
of Nettilling fiord and less commonly about the chain of lakes along the 
route to Nettilling lake. Throughout the greater part of May, fox trails 
were observed to be common in the vicinity of Isoa on Nettilling lake. 
On September 4, 1925, the writer shot a young fox on Koukjuak river. 
This specimen, No. G036, cf, measures: length, 585; tail, 190; foot, 110. 
A strip along the back from crown of head to tip of tail is a rich brown, 
the same colour also extends down the fronts of the legs. The face and 
throat are a brownish grey; the sides and underparts, creamy white, lighter 
below. 
Early in the 1925 season, fox signs were fairly common and a large 
catch was anticipated. J. Hayward, of the Hudson’s Bay Company, saw 
many trails near American harbour, but none around Bon Accord on the 
north shore. However, despite the favourable indications, from the 
beginning of the trapping season to December 18, only ten foxes were 
traded at Pangnirtung post; of these only one was a blue fox. On December 
18 a fox trail was seen to cross the top of Ptarmigan mountain, near the 
post, at an altitude of about 2,300 feet. As there were no signs of lemmings 
on the mountain top it was concluded that the animal was travelling across 
country by a direct route. 
In January and February, 1926, on a journey from Cumberland sound 
to Foxe basin and return, a few fox trails were observed in the hilly country 
east of Nettilling lake and were most noticeable along Nettilling fiord. 
Trails were seen at very wide intervals in the island district of Nettilling 
lake; only a few were crossed on the tundra, between the lake and Foxe 
basin, although according to the writer’s observations the fox and the 
lemming are the only animals living on the tundra during the winter. 
Along the hilly, northern shore of Nettilling lake, a few trails were noted. 
In March, 1926, during a 28-day trip to Nettilling lake, numerous 
fox trails were seen; they were much more common along the fiords of 
Cumberland sound than inland. On April 18 they were observed to be 
