SECTION -A.. 

 ENUMERATION 



OF 



ANIMALS BENEFICIAL OR INJURIOUS TO MAN, 



(WITH A SYNOPSIS OF THEIR USEFUL APPLICATIONS.) 



I. MAMMALS. 



I. FERAE: 



FissiPEDiA. (Cats, pumas, jaguars, ocelots, lynxes, wolves and 

 dogs, foxes, fishers, martens, minks, weasels,, 

 wolverenes, badgers, skunks, otters, sea-otters, 

 bears, raccoons, and the domesticated cat, dog, 

 and ferret.) 

 Useful products : 



Food, (bears, raccoon, &c.) D. 1. 

 Fur, (all the group.) D. G. 

 Leather, (dog, cat.) D. 20. 

 Textile fabrics, felt, (raccoon.) D. 8. 

 Ivory, teeth, (bear, fox, &c.) D. 9. 

 Claws used by Indians, (bears, puma.) D. 11. 

 Hair, for brushes, (badger, dog, weasel, skunk, bear.) D. 21. 

 Oil, (bears.) D. 27. 

 Perfumes, (civet, &c.) D. 28. 

 Medicinal products, (skunk.) D. 30. 

 Chemical agent, album grcccum, (dog.) D. 30. 

 Useful traits : 



Susceptible of domestication, (wolves (Indian dog,) foxes, 



otters, bears, raccoon, dog, cat, ferret.) 

 Employed in hunting, (dog, cat, ferret.) B. 40. 

 Employed in fishing, (otter.) B. 40. 



