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Grizzly bears in considerable numbers are found in all the 

 mountains. 



Black bears are found everywhere, and in many districts are 

 plentiful. 



Miscellaneous Species. — Large black and gray wolves are 

 everywhere more or less common. 



The wolverine is found everywhere, but in limited numbers. 



Few beavers are found in the Stickine Valley, but they are 

 found plentifully along the Dease and Liard Rivers. 



Marten are found almost everywhere in timbered districts. 



Otter are occasionally met with, but in very limited numbers. 



Mink occupy the coast country in large numbers, but are not 

 so common in the interior. 



Lynx are everywhere, sometimes in large numbers, and then 

 they seem to gradually disappear, and will not again be plentiful 

 for several years. The people who inhabit the country claim that 

 during seasons of scarcity in the rabbit crop the lynx die off in 

 large numbers. 



Foxes are most numerous and prolific in a belt of country about 

 ioo miles wide, just inside of and following the main coast range. 

 It is claimed that their fur is of superior quality. 



Porcupines are plentiful throughout the Stickine and Dease 

 River country, but are found in very limited numbers in the Liard 

 River country. 



Marmots are found throughout all the mountain ranges. 



The pine squirrel is found almost everywhere that spruce grows. 



Muskrats are found in limited numbers on the Liard River. 



Ptarmigan and several species of the grouse family are quite 

 numerous. 



