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black. The onl}'- exception is the Tobolsky, which are 

 dark bkie, and to the east of the Ural Mountains. The 

 very dark skins are of greatest value. Many are sent 

 to Germany, but some reach the London market 

 directly. The Okhotsk skins, from 50,000 to 100,000 

 (in 1891, 43,235 skins) arrive in London through 

 Japan, or are imported by the Alaska Commercial 

 Company rid San Francisco. Each district producing 

 a somewhat different variety, the price varies accord- 

 ingly. It requires a good judge to distinguish the various 

 sorts. 



The chief sorts are as follows : — 



Kazan 



Viatka 



Kargopol 



Obskoi 



Tobolsky 



Yeniseisky 



Lensky 



Petchorsky 



Sakaminoi 



Telautka 



Tabaikalsky 



Irschikorsky 



Imgaisky 



Olekminsky 



"VVilmsky 



Sabaikalsky 



Odnoutsky 



Nertchinsky 



Kolinsk 



Irkutsky 



Podgomay 



Altaisky 



Beisky 



Okhotsky 



Podgrodin 



Kusnetsk}^ 



Nominsky 



Zardinsky (Kazan) 



Tinkiauky 



Kinisky 



Sawodsky 



Syrainsky 



