THE BARREN GROUND OF NORTHERN CANADA

Macmillan and Co, 1892. Cloth. Reading Copy. 1st Edition; ix, [2], 300pp, (55pp publishers advertisements). 2 maps, both coloured folding. Green cloth covers with gilt titling to spine. Narrative of the author's hunting (musk ox, caribou) and explorations in 1889-91 in the region north of the eastern end of Great Slave Lake. Includes descriptions of the country and the life of the Indians among whom he camped [Arc. Bib.13527]. "To see the muskox and the Indians who hunt them, Pike made a hard journey to Great Slave Lake and Lake Vermillion, Calgary and Edmonton, and into the barren lands. Pike is told that the muskox 'understand every word of the Yellow Knife language.' He finds it 'strange that they do not make use of the information they receive to avoid danger.' He returns to the warp of civilization: 'the shiny black boots into which we squeeze our feet when we throw away the moccasin of freedom'." [Waterston, The Travellers - Canada to 1900: p.184]. Ex SPRI Library, odd library stamp. Damp Damaged, covers and end papers marked but contents clean and unaffected. Reading Copy. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2782. .