Show game in the arctic axentie Regi regions among the interesting features of the voyage of the investigator into the arctic regions is the quantity and description of game found by the daring explorers the crew of the investigator killed from the of october to the ath ach of april 1853 1863 the following mostly during the spring 0 the present year 7 musk oxen 4 10 deer hares grouse ducks 29 geese 2 wolves and 4 bears total 1 1065 the musk oxen oxell aver averaged averaged ared lbs ibs each and the deer 70 lbs ibs ti the deer were found to be very wild and the gunners had to exercise great caution to obtain a shot the mode they adopted was the following they secreted themselves in various parts of the ravines or behind the sand hills and listened with breathless silence until they heard the deer tap the snow off the willow with their feet in order to eat the herbage when the air was frosty and the weather calm this tapping could be heard at a distance of about yards and by listening a and nd observing minutely the gunner easil easily y detected the position in in which his pro prey was located As soon as this was corre correctly fly ascertained certa ined a person was sent a considerable distance round the deer and a slight noise having been made at their back they immediately ran off probably past ast the gunner it was in such instance are where the chances of a kilp kill occurred one hundred and ten deer were thus killed kille dand and as they will iun run long distances after receiving r wounds it is fair to suppose that many more would have been secured if the crew had been accompanied with a brace or more of deer hounds 5 1 the musk ox was found to be a very ferocious ocious animal and great danger necessarily attended an attack in a country of fine green valleys extensive plains lakes and woods and where kindred game is found there is a certainty of finding wild fowls of every description if sir john franklin has ever reached this distant part of the globe great hopes may Teason reasonably ably be entertained of his safety as it is not very ver rici probable mankind ever want in so rich a land evidently possessing everything that nature can desire |