CHAPTER I. 



DECREASE OP CARNIVORES THE BLACK BEAR ITS PRESENT HAUNTS 



DISTINCT FROM BLACK BEAR OF EUROPE PERIOD OF HIBERNATION 



ITS DURATION FEMALE BEAR CUBS HUNTING FUR OF THE 



BEAR MIGRATION IN SEARCH OF FOOD BEAR KILLED AT NIAGARA 



THE WOLF DISTRICTS WHICH IT INHABITS COMPARED WITH 



EUROPEAN WOLF HABITS AND CUNNING WOLF-HUNTING 



VARIETIES OF FOXES THE RED-FOX DIFFERENT FROM EUROPEAN 



ONE THE CROSS-FOX THE SILVER-FOX TRADE IN FOX SKINS 



GREAT VALUE OF SILVER-FOX SKIN THE LYNX ITS INOFFENSIVE- 

 NESS VARIETY IN COLOUR OF FUR POWER OF SWIMMING FOOD 



THE WOLVERINE THE PUMA THE CANADIAN OTTER ERRONEOUSLY 



DESCRIBED BY VARIOUS WRITERS DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN IT AND 



EUROPEAN OTTER HABITS OTTER-TRAPPING TRADE IN OTTER SKINS 



YOONG CUBS. 



B 2 



