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Show Arctic Eiderdown A new industry which has sprung up in Arctic Canada should bring prosperity to the 1,500 Eskimos living in that region. The department depart-ment of mines and research at Ottawa has given permission to the Hudson Bay company to collect col-lect eiderdown on the bird sanctuaries sanc-tuaries along the coast of Baffin island. The collecting will be done by Eskimos in the slack period between be-tween hunting and trapping seasons, sea-sons, and they are being taught to pick the down without scaring the ducks and causing them to abandon their homes. |