LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



American Museum of Natural History Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



A Trapper Tepee i 



Sorting Furs in St. Louis before a Scale 16 



Note the Depth of Beaver Compared to Nutria 17 



Hudson Seal with Skunk and Bear Trimming 32 



Real and Imitation Silver Fox 33 



Dyed Red Fox Showing Method of Gluing in the Badger Hairs ... 48 



Two Types of Imitation Silver Fox 49 



Types of Badger and Lynx and Wolf Skin Effects 64 



Very Fine Coon Coat 65 



Nutria 80 



Beaver : Small Specimen .......... 80 



Fisher Skins — a Fur that Defies Imitation 81 



Red Fox Dyed for Silver Fox ......... 96 



Fur Farming in Prince Edward Island 97 



Blue Fox of Pribilofs, Alaska 112 



Karakul Lamb on Dr. Young's Ranch, Kerman, California . . . 113 



Muskrat Raw and Plucked 128 



Stretching Boards with Centre Wedge . . . . . . . .129 



Marten Front and Back 144 



Mink 145 



Marten 160 



Otter 161 



Alaska Fur Seal Group 176 



Fur Seal Rookery, Pribilof Island, Alaska 177 



Polar White Fox and Arctic Hare ......... 192 



Wolverine 193 



Very Fine Gray Squirrel 208 



Polar Ermine with His Victim 209 



Very Fine Bunch of Mink 224 



Badger 225 



Ba'tiste — a Fur Hunter of Cumberland Lake 240 



Getting into Light Rapids 241 



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