Quantities Prices Annual Supply Upward of a 

 Million Skins Increasing Quantities Com- 

 parative Tables Fluctuations in Value Ship- 

 ments from Alaska in 1912 Relative Dur- 

 ability of Different Furs - - Influence of 

 Fashions on Quantities and Prices 59-68 



The Tariff Imports and Exports, Restrictions- 

 John Jacob Astor's Objections to the Tariff of 

 1807 The Act of October 3, 1913 Imports 

 and Exports of Furs and Skins in 1912 

 Restrictions Closed Seasons . 69-73 



Fur Traders Lexicon English, French, German 

 and Spanish Names of the Different Animals 

 and Furs 74-84 



PART II. 



Classification The Animal Kingdom The Verte- 

 brata Orders of the Class Mammalia 

 Genera and Families of each Order Alpha- 

 betical List of Species Charts and Tables. . . 85-110 



The Mammals Their Distinguishing Characteris- 

 tics Dentition and Structural Peculiarities 

 Nature, Habits and Habitats Points of Simi- 

 larity of Different Orders Lines of Demark- 

 ation Carnivores 111-116 



The Bear Family Different from all other Car- 

 nivorous Animals Allied to the Dog Various 

 Species 117-122 



The Cat Family Most Powerfully Armed of all 

 Mammals Domestic Cats Various Species 

 of Wild Cats Jaguarondi Leopards and 

 Leopard Cats The Lynx Tribe The Lion 

 Jaguar Puma and Tiger 123-145 



The Civet Family Stand Between the Hyaena and 

 Cat Families True Civets Their Commercial 

 Value The Genets Fossa Paradoxure 

 Rasse Ichneumon and Mungoose 146-150 



The Dog Family Its Origin Domestic Species- 

 Wild Dogs Types Plates The Foxes Dif- 

 ferent Species and Varieties Range of the 

 Red Fox and its Color Variations Silver, 

 Arctic and Polar Foxes Other 'Species The 

 Jackal The Wolves, and their Distribution. .151-170 



The Hyaenas Separate Family - - Distinguished 

 from the Dog and Wolf Different Species 

 The Aard Wolf 171-172 



The Weasel Family Composed of Six Groups 

 Widely Differing Genera and Species Color- 

 ation The Martens, Minks and Sables The 

 Polecats The Weasels The Otter The Bad- 

 gerThe Wolverine 173-202 



