198 Sport and Life. 



Of the numerous other fur-bearing animals on the Pacific Slope 

 I do not propose to speak, for I know too little about them. The 

 rare and exquisite pelt of the silver fox is probably, next to the 

 sea otter, the most expensive fur. Indeed, to judge by the record 

 price of 340 given for a single skin at the March, 1899, sales of 

 Messrs. Lampson and Co., London, first-class specimens are even 

 more valuable than those of the sea otter. In 1898, 1245 silver fox 

 skins were sold in London, the best skin fetching 155. For the 

 picture of thirty prime silver fox skins which I append I am 

 indebted to Mr. Sheard, of Tacoma (Wash.). According to late 

 prices the bunch here depicted is worth, probably, at least 2000. 



