Wolverine 965 



The name of Skunk-bear is not at all a bad one in de- 

 scribing the fur of the Wolverine. With the size of a small 

 Bear, something of the quality of a Bear robe, and yet with the 

 two paler bands spreading from the nape of the neck along the 

 sides to unite again in the bushy. Skunk-like tail, which further 

 rejoices in a respectable modicum of smell to complete the semi- 

 imitation, it is quite worthy of its trapper's name. 



During the eighty-five years, 1821 to 1905 inclusive, the 

 Hudson's Bay Company collected 101,426 skins of this species, 

 an average of 1,192 for each year. The lowest was 402 in 1827; 

 the highest, 2,322, in 1879. The average for the ten years, 

 1895 to 1905, was 736. 



Poland's lists show that during the seventy-one years, 

 1821 toi89i inclusive, 10,596 skins were taken by the other 

 American companies, an average of 149 for each year. So 

 that the average annual catch of Wolverine for fur is about 

 1,300. 



At the London annual fur sales, held at Lampson's, 

 March, 1906, 757 Wolverine skins were sold. The highest 

 price realized was 34 shillings ($8.16) each, for 64 first-class 

 dark skins, from which they graded down to 7 shillings ($1.68) 

 for third-class skins. 



The Winnipeg market quotations on March 26, 1904, were 

 $2 to $6 for prime Wolverine. 



