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    1752217522starlite-20070613-fur1/mfc/fur0279 LATITUDE AT LEAST FOUR DEGREES FROM THE POLAR CIRCLE 
    1752317523starlite-20070613-fur1/mfc/fur0280 END OF CHAPTER ONE 
     17524starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0001 PART ONE CHAPTER TWO OF THE FUR COUNTRY THIS IS A LIBRIVOX RECORDING 
     17525starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0002 ALL LIBRIVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN 
     17526starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0003 FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBRIVOX DOT ORG 
     17527starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0004 THE FUR COUNTRY BY JULES VERNE PART ONE CHAPTER TWO 
     17528starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0005 THE HUDSON'S BAY FUR COMPANY CAPTAIN CRAVENTY MRS BARNETT 
     17529starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0006 WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR LIEUTENANT JASPAR HOBSON 
     17530starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0007 I THINK HE IS AN OFFICER WHO WILL GO FAR WHAT 
     17531starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0008 DO YOU MEAN BY THE WORDS WILL GO FAR DO 
     17532starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0009 YOU MEAN THAT HE WILL GO BEYOND THE TWENTY FOURTH PARALLEL 
     17533starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0010 CAPTAIN CRAVENTY COULD NOT HELP SMILING AT MRS PAULINA BARNETT'S QUESTION 
     17534starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0011 THEY WERE TALKING TOGETHER NEAR THE STOVE 
     17535starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0012 WHILST THE GUESTS WERE PASSING BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS BETWEEN THE EATING AND DRINKING TABLES 
     17536starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0013 MADAM REPLIED THE CAPTAIN ALL THAT A MAN CAN DO WILL BE DONE BY JASPAR HOBSON 
     17537starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0014 THE COMPANY HAS CHARGED HIM TO EXPLORE THE NORTH OF THEIR POSSESSIONS 
     17538starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0015 AND TO ESTABLISH A FACTORY AS NEAR AS POSSIBLE TO THE CONFINES OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT 
     17539starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0016 AND HE WILL ESTABLISH IT THAT IS A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY FOR LIEUTENANT HOBSON 
     17540starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0017 SAID THE TRAVELLER IT IS MADAM BUT JASPAR HOBSON 
     17541starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0018 HAS NEVER YET DRAWN BACK FROM A TASK IMPOSED UPON HIM 
     17542starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0019 HOWEVER FORMIDABLE IT MAY HAVE APPEARED I CAN QUITE BELIEVE IT CAPTAIN 
     17543starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0020 REPLIED MRS BARNETT AND WE SHALL NOW SEE THE LIEUTENANT AT WORK 
     17544starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0021 BUT WHAT INDUCES THE COMPANY TO CONSTRUCT A FORT ON THE SHORES OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN 
     17545starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0022 THEY HAVE A POWERFUL MOTIVE MADAM REPLIED THE CAPTAIN 
     17546starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0023 I MAY ADD A DOUBLE MOTIVE 
     17547starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0024 AT NO VERY DISTANT DATE RUSSIA WILL PROBABLY CEDE HER AMERICAN POSSESSIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES 
     17548starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0025 WHEN THIS CESSION HAS TAKEN PLACE 
     17549starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0026 THE COMPANY WILL FIND ACCESS TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT 
     17550starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0027 UNLESS THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE DISCOVERED BY MCCLURE BE PRACTICABLE 
     17551starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0028 CAPTAIN CRAVENTY'S PROPHECY HAS SINCE BEEN REALISED 
     17552starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0029 FRESH EXPLORATIONS WILL DECIDE THIS FOR 
     17553starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0030 THE ADMIRALTY IS ABOUT TO SEND A VESSEL 
     17554starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0031 WHICH WILL COAST ALONG THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT 
     17555starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0032 FROM BEHRING STRAIT TO CORONATION GULF ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF WHICH 
     17556starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0033 THE NEW ART IS TO BE ESTABLISHED 
     17557starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0034 IF THE ENTERPRISE SUCCEED THIS POINT WILL BECOME AN IMPORTANT FACTORY 
     17558starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0035 THE CENTRE OF THE NORTHERN FUR TRADE 
     17559starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0036 THE TRANSPORT OF FURS ACROSS THE INDIAN TERRITORIES 
     17560starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0037 INVOLVES A VAST EXPENDITURE OF TIME AND MONEY 
     17561starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0038 WHEREAS IF THE NEW ROUTE BE AVAILABLE STEAMERS WILL TAKE THEM 
     17562starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0039 FROM THE NEW FORT TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN IN A FEW DAYS 
     17563starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0040 THAT WOULD INDEED BE AN IMPORTANT RESULT OF THE ENTERPRISE 
     17564starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0041 IF THIS NORTH WEST PASSAGE CAN REALLY BE USED 
     17565starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0042 REPLIED MRS PAULINA BARNETT BUT I THINK YOU SPOKE OF A DOUBLE MOTIVE 
     17566starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0043 I DID MADAM SAID THE CAPTAIN 
     17567starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0044 AND I ALLUDED TO A MATTER OF VITAL INTEREST TO THE COMPANY 
     17568starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0045 BUT I MUST BEG OF YOU 
     17569starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0046 TO ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN TO YOU IN A FEW WORDS 
     17570starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0047 HOW THE PRESENT STATE OF THINGS CAME ABOUT 
     17571starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0048 HOW IT IS IN FACT THAT THE VERY SOURCE OF THE TRADE OF THIS ONCE FLOURISHING COMPANY 
     17572starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0049 IS IN DANGER OF DESTRUCTION 
     17573starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0050 THE CAPTAIN THEN PROCEEDED TO GIVE A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF THE FAMOUS HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY 
     17574starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0051 IN THE EARLIEST TIMES MEN EMPLOYED THE SKINS AND FURS OF ANIMALS AS CLOTHING 
     17575starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0052 THE FUR TRADE IS THEREFORE OF VERY GREAT ANTIQUITY 
     17576starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0053 LUXURY IN DRESS INCREASED TO SUCH AN EXTENT 
     17577starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0054 THAT SUMPTUARY LAWS WERE ENACTED TO CONTROL TOO GREAT EXTRAVAGANCE 
     17578starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0055 ESPECIALLY IN FURS FOR WHICH THERE WAS A POSITIVE PASSION 
     17579starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0056 VAIR AND THE FURS OF SIBERIAN SQUIRRELS 
     17580starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0057 WERE PROHIBITED AT THE MIDDLE OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY 
     17581starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0058 IN FIFTEEN FIFTY THREE RUSSIA FOUNDED SEVERAL ESTABLISHMENTS 
     17582starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0059 IN THE NORTHERN STEPPES AND ENGLAND LOST NO TIME IN FOLLOWING HER EXAMPLE 
     17583starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0060 THE TRADE IN SABLES ERMINES AND BEAVERS 
     17584starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0061 WAS CARRIED ON THROUGH THE AGENCY OF THE SAMOYEDES 
     17585starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0062 BUT DURING THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH A ROYAL DECREE RESTRICTED THE USE OF COSTLY FURS TO SUCH AN EXTENT 
     17586starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0063 THAT FOR SEVERAL YEARS THIS BRANCH OF INDUSTRY WAS COMPLETELY PARALYSED 
     17587starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0064 ON THE SECOND MAY 
     17588starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0065 SIXTEEN SEVENTY A LICENCE TO TRADE IN FURS IN THE HUDSON'S BAY TERRITORY 
     17589starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0066 WAS GRANTED TO THE COMPANY WHICH NUMBERED SEVERAL MEN OF HIGH RANK AMONGST ITS SHAREHOLDERS 
     17590starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0067 THE DUKE OF YORK THE DUKE OF ALBEMARLE 
     17591starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0068 THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY AND COMPANY ITS CAPITAL WAS THEN 
     17592starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0069 ONLY EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY POUNDS 
     17593starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0070 PRIVATE COMPANIES WERE FORMIDABLE RIVALS TO ITS SUCCESS 
     17594starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0071 AND FRENCH AGENTS MAKING CANADA THEIR HEADQUARTERS 
     17595starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0072 VENTURED ON HAZARDOUS BUT MOST LUCRATIVE EXPEDITIONS 
     17596starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0073 THE ACTIVE COMPETITION OF THESE BOLD HUNTERS 
     17597starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0074 THREATENED THE VERY EXISTENCE OF THE INFANT COMPANY 
     17598starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0075 THE CONQUEST OF CANADA HOWEVER SOMEWHAT LESSENED THE DANGER OF ITS POSITION 
     17599starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0076 THREE YEARS AFTER THE TAKING OF QUEBEC SEVENTEEN SEVENTY SIX 
     17600starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0077 THE FUR TRADE RECEIVED A NEW IMPULSE 
     17601starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0078 ENGLISH TRADERS BECAME FAMILIAR WITH THE DIFFICULTIES OF TRADE OF THIS KIND 
     17602starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0079 THEY LEARNED THE CUSTOMS OF THE COUNTRY 
     17603starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0080 THE WAYS OF THE INDIANS AND THEIR SYSTEM OF EXCHANGE OF GOODS 
     17604starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0081 BUT FOR ALL THIS THE COMPANY AS YET MADE NO PROFITS WHATEVER 
     17605starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0082 MOREOVER TOWARDS SEVENTEEN EIGHTY FOUR SOME MERCHANTS OF MONTREAL 
     17606starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0083 COMBINED TO EXPLORE THE FUR COUNTRY AND FOUNDED THAT POWERFUL NORTH WEST COMPANY 
     17607starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0084 WHICH SOON BECAME THE CENTRE OF THE FUR TRADE 
     17608starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0085 IN SEVENTEEN NINETY EIGHT 
     17609starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0086 THE NEW COMPANY SHIPPED FURS TO THE VALUE OF NO LESS THAN 
     17610starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0087 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS 
     17611starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0088 AND THE EXISTENCE OF THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY WAS AGAIN THREATENED 
     17612starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0089 WE MUST ADD THAT THE NORTH WEST COMPANY SHRANK FROM NO ACT HOWEVER INIQUITOUS 
     17613starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0090 IF ITS INTERESTS WERE AT STAKE ITS AGENTS IMPOSED ON THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES 
     17614starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0091 SPECULATED ON THE MISERY OF THE INDIANS ROBBED THEM WHEN THEY HAD THEMSELVES MADE THEM DRUNK 
     17615starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0092 SETTING AT DEFIANCE THE ACT OF PARLIAMENT FORBIDDING THE SALE 
     17616starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0093 OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS ON INDIAN TERRITORY AND CONSEQUENTLY REALISING IMMENSE PROFITS 
     17617starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0094 IN SPITE OF THE COMPETITION OF THE VARIOUS RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN COMPANIES WHICH HAD SPRUNG UP 
     17618starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0095 THE AMERICAN FUR COMPANY AMONGST OTHERS 
     17619starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0096 FOUNDED IN EIGHTEEN OH NINE WITH A CAPITAL OF A MILLION OF DOLLARS 
     17620starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0097 WHICH WAS CARRYING ON OPERATIONS ON THE WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 
     17621starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0098 THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY WAS PROBABLY IN GREATER DANGER OF RUIN THAN ANY OTHER 
     17622starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0099 BUT IN EIGHTEEN TWENTY ONE AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION 
     17623starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0100 A TREATY WAS MADE IN ACCORDANCE 
     17624starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0101 WITH WHICH ITS OLD RIVAL THE NORTH WEST COMPANY 
     17625starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0102 BECAME AMALGAMATED WITH IT 
     17626starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0103 THE TWO RECEIVING THE COMMON TITLE OF THE HUDSON'S BAY FUR COMPANY 
     17627starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0104 NOW THE ONLY RIVAL OF THIS IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION 
     17628starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0105 IS THE AMERICAN ST LOUIS FUR COMPANY THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY 
     17629starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0106 HAS NUMEROUS ESTABLISHMENTS SCATTERED OVER A DOMAIN 
     17630starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0107 EXTENDING OVER THREE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE MILES 
     17631starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0108 ITS PRINCIPAL FACTORIES ARE SITUATED ON JAMES BAY 
     17632starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0109 AT THE MOUTH OF THE SEVERN IN THE SOUTH 
     17633starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0110 AND TOWARDS THE FRONTIERS OF UPPER CANADA ON LAKES ATHAPESKOW 
     17634starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0111 WINNIPEG SUPERIOR METHYE BUFFALO AND NEAR THE COLOMBIA MACKENZIE SASKATCHEWAN 
     17635starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0112 AND ASSINIBOIN RIVERS AND COMPANY FORT YORK 
     17636starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0113 COMMANDING THE COURSE OF THE RIVER NELSON 
     17637starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0114 IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE COMPANY AND CONTAINS ITS PRINCIPAL FUR DEPOT 
     17638starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0115 MOREOVER IN EIGHTEEN FORTY TWO IT TOOK A LEASE OF ALL THE RUSSIAN ESTABLISHMENTS 
     17639starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0116 IN NORTH AMERICA AT AN ANNUAL RENT OF FORTY THOUSAND POUNDS 
     17640starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0117 SO THAT IT IS NOW WORKING ON ITS OWN ACCOUNT 
     17641starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0118 THE VAST TRACTS OF COUNTRY BETWEEN THE MISSISSIPPI AND THE PACIFIC OCEAN 
     17642starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0119 IT HAS SENT OUT INTREPID EXPLORERS IN EVERY DIRECTION 
     17643starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0120 HEARNE TOWARDS THE POLAR SEA IN SEVENTEEN SEVENTY 
     17644starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0121 TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE COPPERMINE RIVER 
     17645starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0122 FRANKLIN IN EIGHTEEN NINETEEN TO EIGHTEEN TWENTY TWO 
     17646starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0123 ALONG FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILES 
     17647starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0124 OF THE AMERICAN COAST MACKENZIE 
     17648starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0125 WHO AFTER HAVING DISCOVERED THE RIVER TO WHICH HE GAVE HIS NAME 
     17649starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0126 REACHED THE SHORES OF THE PACIFIC 
     17650starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0127 AT FIFTY TWO DEGREES TWENTY FOUR MINUTES NORTH LATITUDE 
     17651starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0128 THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF THE QUANTITIES OF SKINS AND FURS DESPATCHED TO EUROPE 
     17652starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0129 BY THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY IN EIGHTEEN THIRTY THREE THIRTY FOUR 
     17653starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0130 WHICH WILL GIVE AN EXACT IDEA OF THE EXTENT OF ITS TRADE 
     17654starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0131 BEAVERS ONE THOUSAND AND SEVENTY FOUR SKINS AND YOUNG BEAVERS 
     17655starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0132 NINETY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT MUSK RATS 
     17656starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0133 SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY FOUR THOUSAND AND NINETY TWO BADGERS 
     17657starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0134 ONE THOUSAND AND SIXTY NINE BEARS SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE 
     17658starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0135 ERMINES FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE FOES 
     17659starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0136 NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN LYNXES 
     17660starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0137 FOURTEEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE SABLES 
     17661starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0138 SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY POLECATS 
     17662starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0139 TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED OTTERS TWENTY TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND THREE 
     17663starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0140 RACOONS SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN SWANS SEVEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN 
     17664starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0141 WOLVES EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FOUR WOLVERINES 
     17665starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0142 ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE 
     17666starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0143 SUCH FIGURES OUGHT TO BRING IN A LARGE PROFIT TO THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY 
     17667starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0144 BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY HAVE NOT BEEN MAINTAINED 
     17668starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0145 AND FOR THE LAST TWENTY YEARS HAVE BEEN DECREASING 
     17669starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0146 THE CAUSE OF THIS DECLINE WAS THE SUBJECT OF CAPTAIN CRAVENTY'S EXPLANATION TO MRS PAULINA BARNETT 
     17670starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0147 UNTIL EIGHTEEN THIRTY NINE MADAM SAID HE THE COMPANY WAS IN A FLOURISHING CONDITION 
     17671starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0148 IN THAT YEAR THE NUMBER OF FURS EXPORTED 
     17672starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0149 WAS TWO MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND 
     17673starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0150 BUT SINCE THEN THE TRADE HAS GRADUALLY DECLINED 
     17674starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0151 AND THIS NUMBER IS NOW REDUCED BY ONE HALF AT LEAST 
     17675starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0152 BUT WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE IS THE CAUSE OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY DECREASE 
     17676starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0153 IN THE EXPORTATION OF FURS INQUIRED MRS BARNETT 
     17677starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0154 THE DEPOPULATION OF THE HUNTING TERRITORIES CAUSED BY THE ACTIVITY 
     17678starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0155 AND I MUST ADD THE WANT OF FORESIGHT OF THE HUNTERS 
     17679starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0156 THE GAME WAS TRAPPED AND KILLED WITHOUT MERCY 
     17680starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0157 THESE MASSACRES WERE CONDUCTED IN THE MOST RECKLESS AND SHORT SIGHTED FASHION 
     17681starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0158 EVEN FEMALES WITH YOUNG AND THEIR LITTLE ONES DID NOT ESCAPE 
     17682starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0159 THE CONSEQUENCE IS THAT THE ANIMALS WHOSE FUR IS VALUABLE 
     17683starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0160 HAVE BECOME EXTREMELY RARE THE OTTER HAS ALMOST ENTIRELY DISAPPEARED 
     17684starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0161 AND IS ONLY TO BE FOUND NEAR THE ISLANDS OF THE NORTH PACIFIC 
     17685starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0162 SMALL COLONIES OF BEAVERS HAVE TAKEN REFUGE ON THE SHORES OF THE MOST DISTANT RIVERS 
     17686starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0163 IT IS THE SAME WITH MANY OTHER ANIMALS 
     17687starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0164 COMPELLED TO FLEE BEFORE THE INVASION OF THE HUNTERS 
     17688starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0165 THE TRAPS ONCE CROWDED WITH GAME ARE NOW EMPTY 
     17689starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0166 THE PRICE OF SKINS IS RISING JUST WHEN A GREAT DEMAND EXISTS FOR FURS 
     17690starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0167 HUNTERS HAVE GONE AWAY IN DISGUST LEAVING NONE BUT THE MOST INTREPID AND INDEFATIGABLE 
     17691starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0168 WHO NOW PENETRATE TO THE VERY CONFINES OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT 
     17692starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0169 YES SAID MRS PAULINA BARNETT 
     17693starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0170 THE FACT OF THE FUR BEARING ANIMALS HAVING TAKEN REFUGE BEYOND THE POLAR CIRCLE 
     17694starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0171 IS A SUFFICIENT EXPLANATION OF THE COMPANY'S MOTIVE 
     17695starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0172 IN FOUNDING A FACTORY ON THE BORDERS OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN 
     17696starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0173 NOT ONLY SO MADAM REPLIED THE CAPTAIN THE COMPANY IS ALSO COMPELLED 
     17697starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0174 TO SEEK A MORE NORTHERN CENTRE OF OPERATIONS 
     17698starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0175 FOR AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT HAS LATELY GREATLY REDUCED ITS DOMAIN 
     17699starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0176 AND THE MOTIVE FOR THIS REDUCTION INQUIRED THE TRAVELLER 
     17700starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0177 A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION OF POLITICAL ECONOMY WAS INVOLVED MADAM 
     17701starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0178 ONE WHICH COULD NOT FAIL GREATLY TO INTEREST THE STATESMEN OF GREAT BRITAIN 
     17702starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0179 IN A WORD THE INTERESTS OF THE COMPANY AND THOSE OF CIVILISATION ARE ANTAGONISTIC 
     17703starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0180 IT IS TO THE INTEREST OF THE COMPANY 
     17704starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0181 TO KEEP THE TERRITORY BELONGING TO IT IN A WILD UNCULTIVATED CONDITION 
     17705starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0182 EVERY ATTEMPT AT CLEARING GROUND 
     17706starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0183 WAS PITILESSLY PUT A STOP TO AS IT DROVE AWAY THE WILD ANIMALS 
     17707starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0184 SO THAT THE MONOPOLY ENJOYED BY THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY 
     17708starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0185 WAS DETRIMENTAL TO ALL AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISE 
     17709starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0186 ALL QUESTIONS NOT IMMEDIATELY RELATING TO THEIR OWN PARTICULAR TRADE 
     17710starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0187 WERE RELENTLESSLY PUT ASIDE BY THE GOVERNORS OF THE ASSOCIATION 
     17711starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0188 IT WAS THIS DESPOTIC AND IN A CERTAIN SENSE IMMORAL SYSTEM 
     17712starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0189 WHICH PROVOKED THE MEASURES TAKEN BY PARLIAMENT 
     17713starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0190 AND IN EIGHTEEN THIRTY SEVEN A COMMISSION APPOINTED BY THE COLONIAL SECRETARY 
     17714starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0191 DECIDED THAT IT WAS NECESSARY TO ANNEX TO CANADA 
     17715starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0192 ALL THE TERRITORIES SUITABLE FOR CULTIVATION 
     17716starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0193 SUCH AS THE RED RIVER AND SASKATCHEWAN DISTRICTS 
     17717starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0194 AND TO LEAVE TO THE COMPANY ONLY THAT PORTION OF ITS LAND 
     17718starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0195 WHICH APPEARED TO BE INCAPABLE OF FUTURE CIVILISATION 
     17719starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0196 THE NEXT YEAR THE COMPANY LOST THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 
     17720starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0197 WHICH IT HELD DIRECT FROM THE COLONIAL OFFICE 
     17721starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0198 AND YOU WILL NOW UNDERSTAND MADAM HOW THE AGENTS OF THE COMPANY HAVING LOST THEIR POWER 
     17722starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0199 OVER THEIR OLD TERRITORIES ARE DETERMINED BEFORE GIVING UP THEIR TRADE 
     17723starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0200 TO TRY TO WORK THE LITTLE KNOWN COUNTRIES OF THE NORTH 
     17724starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0201 AND SO OPEN A COMMUNICATION WITH THE PACIFIC BY MEANS OF THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE 
     17725starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0202 MRS PAULINA BARNETT WAS NOW WELL INFORMED AS TO THE ULTERIOR PROJECTS OF THE CELEBRATED COMPANY 
     17726starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0203 CAPTAIN CRAVENTY HAD GIVEN HER A GRAPHIC SKETCH OF THE SITUATION 
     17727starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0204 AND IT IS PROBABLE HE WOULD HAVE ENTERED INTO FURTHER DETAILS 
     17728starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0205 HAD NOT AN INCIDENT CUT SHORT HIS HARANGUE CORPORAL JOLIFFE 
     17729starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0206 ANNOUNCED IN A LOUD VOICE THAT WITH MRS JOLIFFE'S ASSISTANCE 
     17730starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0207 HE WAS ABOUT TO MIX THE PUNCH 
     17731starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0208 THIS NEWS WAS RECEIVED AS IT DESERVED 
     17732starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0209 THE BOWL OR RATHER THE BASIN WAS FILLED WITH THE PRECIOUS LIQUID 
     17733starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0210 IT CONTAINED NO LESS THAN TEN PINTS OF COARSE RUM 
     17734starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0211 SUGAR MEASURED OUT BY MRS JOLIFFE WAS PILED UP AT THE BOTTOM 
     17735starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0212 AND ON THE TOP FLOATED SLICES OF LEMON SHRIVELLED WITH AGE 
     17736starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0213 NOTHING REMAINED TO BE DONE BUT TO LIGHT THIS ALCOHOLIC LAKE 
     17737starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0214 AND THE CORPORAL MATCH IN HAND AWAITED THE ORDER OF HIS CAPTAIN 
     17738starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0215 AS IF HE WERE ABOUT TO SPRING A MINE 
     17739starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0216 ALL RIGHT JOLIFFE AT LAST SAID CAPTAIN CRAVENTY 
     17740starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0217 THE LIGHT WAS APPLIED TO THE BOWL 
     17741starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0218 AND IN A MOMENT THE PUNCH WAS IN FLAMES 
     17742starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0219 WHILST THE GUESTS APPLAUDED AND CLAPPED THEIR HANDS 
     17743starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0220 TEN MINUTES AFTERWARDS FULL GLASSES OF THE DELIGHTFUL BEVERAGE 
     17744starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0221 WERE CIRCULATING AMONGST THE GUESTS FRESH BIDDERS FOR THEM COMING FORWARD IN ENDLESS SUCCESSION 
     17745starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0222 LIKE SPECULATORS ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE HURRAH HURRAH HURRAH 
     17746starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0223 THREE CHEERS FOR MRS BARNETT A CHEER FOR THE CAPTAIN 
     17747starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0224 IN THE MIDST OF THESE JOYFUL SHOUTS CRIES WERE HEARD FROM OUTSIDE 
     17748starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0225 SILENCE IMMEDIATELY FELL UPON THE COMPANY ASSEMBLED SERGEANT LONG 
     17749starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0226 SAID THE CAPTAIN GO AND SEE WHAT IS THE MATTER 
     17750starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0227 AND AT HIS CHIEF'S ORDER THE SERGEANT LEAVING HIS GLASS UNFINISHED 
     17751starlite-20070614-fur2/mfc/fur0228 LEFT THE ROOM END OF CHAPTER TWO