48 THE FUR TRADE OF AMERICA 



Chappal, and such retailers as those on Fifth Avenue, New York, 

 whose names are a household word synonymous with honor. 



Back as early as 1887, the London Chamber of Commerce 

 gave notice that misnaming furs would be liable to prosecution. The 

 names ruled as non-permissible were : 



Muskrat or musquash, pulled and dyed Seal 



Nutria, pulled and dyed Seal 



Nutria, pulled and natural Beaver 



Rabbit, sheared and dyed Seal 



Otter, pulled and dyed Seal 



Marmot, dyed Mink or sable 



Fitch, dyed Sable 



Rabbit, dyed Sable or French sable 



Hare, dyed Sable, fox or lynx 



Muskrat, dyed Mink or sable 



Wallaby, dyed Skunk 



White rabbit Ermine 



White rabbit, dyed Chinchilla 



White hare, dyed or natural Fox, foxaline 



Goat, dyed Bear or leopard 



The Canadian Conservation Report recommends that the 

 following names be abolished : 



Variety Sold as 



American Real Russian sable 



Fitch, dyed Sable 



Goat, dyed Bear 



Hare, dyed Sable or fox 



Kid Lamb or broadtail 



Marmot, dyed Mink, sable or skunk 



Mink, dyed Sable 



Musquash (muskrat), dyed Mink or sable 



Musquash, pulled and dyed Seal, electric seal, Red River seal or 



Hudson Bay seal 



Nutria, pulled and dyed Seal, electric seal, Red River seal or 



Hudson Bay seal 



Nutria, pulled, natural Beaver and otter 



Opossum, sheared and dyed Beaver 



Otter, pulled and dyed Seal 



