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CONTENTS.
PART I
CHAP. PAGE I. A SOIREE AT FORT RELIANCE,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1 II. THE HUSDON'S BAY FUR COMPANY,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................8 III. A SAVANT THAWED,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................14 IV. A FACTORY,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................20 V. FROM FORT RELIANCE TO FORT ENTERFRISE,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................26 VI. A WAPITI DUEL,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................33 VII. THE ARCTIC CIRCLE,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................41 VIII. THE GREAT BEAR LAKE,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................48 IX. A STORM ON THE LAKE,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................55 X. A RETROSPECT,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................63 XI. ALONG THE COAST,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................69 XII. THE MIDNIGHT SUN,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................76 XIII. FORT HOPE,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................83 XIV. SOME EXCURSIONS,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................90 XV. FIFTEEN MILES FROM CAPE BATHURST,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................97 XVI. TWO SHOTS,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................103 XVII. THE APPROACH OF WINTER,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................110 XVIII. THE POLAR NIGHT,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................117 XIX. A NEIGHBOURLY VISIT,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................126 XX. MERCURY FREEZES,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................135 XXI. THE LARGE POLAR BEARS,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................141 XXII. FIVE MONTHS MORE,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................150 XXIII. THE ECLIPSE OF THE 18TH JUNE 1860,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................158
