The Countries of the World: Indians of North America ; Arctic regions ; Canada ; Pacific CoastCassell, 1876 |
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Page 148
... chief factors , 28 chief traders , 152 clerks , and 1,200 other servants , besides having a large number of natives under their control . These trading districts ( thirty - eight in number ) were divided into five departments , and ...
... chief factors , 28 chief traders , 152 clerks , and 1,200 other servants , besides having a large number of natives under their control . These trading districts ( thirty - eight in number ) were divided into five departments , and ...
Page 154
... chief merchants engaged in the fur trade of Canada . From small beginnings it spread until it became the most powerful organisa- tion of the kind in North America . Hitherto the Hudson Bay Company had only paid their employés by ...
... chief merchants engaged in the fur trade of Canada . From small beginnings it spread until it became the most powerful organisa- tion of the kind in North America . Hitherto the Hudson Bay Company had only paid their employés by ...
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... chief industry of the population . These are of two kinds the " shore fishery " and the " bank fishery " the one being followed in the immediate vicinity of the island , the other ( Plate VIII . ) on the banks of Newfoundland , cod ...
... chief industry of the population . These are of two kinds the " shore fishery " and the " bank fishery " the one being followed in the immediate vicinity of the island , the other ( Plate VIII . ) on the banks of Newfoundland , cod ...
Contents
THE ARCTIC REGIONS IN GENERAL | 17 |
SEA ICE GLACIERS AND ICEBERGS | 48 |
LIFE IN POLAR LANDS | 71 |
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