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