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result is the Indians have to leave for the bush 

 ill supplied with warm clothings, provisions, 

 etc. what he actually requires. A large por- 

 tion of his hunt has been sold for abnormal 

 prices, but the proceeds has done him no per- 

 ceptible good. On the contrary, his lot is much 

 worse than it was before. Seeing his advances 

 have not been paid, the resident trader will not 

 supply these men again. 



I take about the Post of Seven Islands as 

 perhaps being the place where the highest prices 

 have been paid for three years, 1899, 1900 and 

 1901, and give the readers of Hunter-Trader- 

 Trapper the figures. They are as follows: 



Bears, large, black from f 15.00 to $ 25.00 



Bears, small, black, from . . . 6.00 to 12.00 



Beaver per Ib 3.50 to 4.50 



Fisher, from 6.00 to 10.00 



Fox, red, from . 3.50 to 5.50 



Fox, cross, from 4.00 to 25.00 



Fox, silver, from 100.00 to 335.00 



Lynx, from 4.00 to 7.00 



Marten, from 10.00 to 20.00 



Minks, from 2.50 to 4.00 



Otters, land, from 15.00 to 22.00 



Wolverine, from 4.00 to 6.00 



These are the principal furs we have on the 

 Coast and will show what absurd prices were 



