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intendents. In one cannery at Kussiloff, Cook's Inlet, where 

 we remained some time in August, and which is not by any 

 means considered a large one, the catch and pack of salmon 

 during nine weeks in 1903 was over 45,000 cases. Each 

 case contains 48 cans of i lb. each, and as it takes an average 

 of 13 or 14 of the Alaska red salmon to fill each case, this 

 will give an idea of the number of fish captured. Upwards 

 of 630,000 salmon must have been killed to make up this 

 pack. When packed, the best parts of the fish weighed 



Fleet of Native Bidarkies starting to hunt Sea-Otter, 

 Saldovia, July 1903. 



964 tons, and as much again in weight may be reckoned for 

 the rejected offal. 



The fur - trade is chiefly carried on by the natives, 

 and although the valuable fur-bearing animals are rapidly 

 becoming scarce, it still constitutes a big industry. The 

 days of the sea -otter are numbered; and this valuable 

 fur will soon be a thing of the past in Alaska, Poison and 

 traps have indeed wrought havoc with many of the species 

 of animals along the coast. On certain of the islands fox- 

 ranches have been established ; the owners of which are 

 chiefly white men, who turn down a number of foxes and 



