The Fur Animals of Louisiana 17 



no return was made, but with the English victory, the 

 Company resumed payments, usually amounting to 20 per 

 cent per annum. Forts were built on Hudson Bay and 

 James Bay at the mouths of rivers; the Company, as mo- 

 nopolist, waited for the furs to be brought to its posts. 



With the Seven Years' War the fur trade from the 

 South passed out of the hands of the French, and until 

 1771 the English were busy rediscovering the old French 

 routes to the West. 



