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SPOR TING A D VENTURES. 



skins sold in London and Leipzig- during portions of 1878-9, 

 we find that the enormous quantity of nearly nine and a half 

 millions were disposed of by auction ; but that does not by any 

 means represent the total amount, as several minor dealers 

 also got rid of their stock during- that time. 



The large sales of American furs in London during- the 

 months of January, March, and September, 1878, and January, 

 March, May, and July, 1879, and during the mouths of May 

 and September, 1878, and May, 1879, in Leipzig, amounted to 

 the above figures, and were divided as follows ; but it should 

 be understood that the list does not include all peltries sold, 

 such as those of hares, and other animals : 



