Show Arctic Eiderdown A new industry which has sprung up in Arctic Canada should bring prosperity to the 1500 Eskimos living in that region The depart depart- department department department ment of mines and research at Ottawa has given permission to the Hudson Bay company to col col- collect collect collect lect eiderdown on the bird sanc sanc- sanctuaries sanctuaries sanctuaries along the coast of Baffin island The collecting will be done by Eskimos in the slack period be be- between between between tween hunting and trapping sea sea- seasons seasons seasons sons and they are being taught to pick the down without scaring then the ducks and causing them to abandon their homes |