OCTOBER, 1917 
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TO PROTECT NORTH- i 
ERN MAMMALS 
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with man or with firearms, and therefore 
unsuspicious and very easily rounded up 
and killed. If a tax such as this recom¬ 
mended were put on musk-ox skins and 
heads, the destruction would be greatly 
lessened. If, in addition to this, the killing 
of musk-ox on Victoria, Banks and Mel¬ 
ville islands were absolutely forbidden, 
these refuges would act as centers from 
which they might restock other areas. 
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T HE great demand for furs is reduc¬ 
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species native there will last forever. Dr. 
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