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the pale colour is no doubt produced by exposure to 

 weather and sun. 



In Labrador, where the Harmony Company is estab- 

 lished, the Eed Fox skins are noted for their large size 

 and fine quality, but in this desolate and forsaken region 

 their number is but limited, and the pelts collected are 

 but few, and realize a high price, 15s. to 80s. 



The Esquimaux Bay (E.B.) skins of the Hudson's 

 Bay Company resemble these very closely, but are not 

 quite so large. 



The Halifax Red Fox is large, the quality of fur rich, 

 and the colour usually bright red ; the belly is sometimes 

 white. 



The American Red Fox is also found in Newfoundland 

 and Nova Scotia ; here the furs produced are broad, full 

 in quality, rather coarse, and yellow or pale in colour ; 

 this coarseness is probably produced by the sea-air. It 

 will be seen from the above remarks that the fur and colour 

 of the Red Fox varies in each district of the Hudson's 

 Bay Company as well as in the different Northern 

 States of the United States. The Red Fox is also 

 abundant in the Province of Alaska, and in most of the 

 Aleutian Islands ; here the fur is of a fine rich red, the 

 quality full, but sometimes rather coarse, especially 

 those from Kadiak Island ; the pelt is spongy ; the belly 

 is usually red or white ; the legs are much redder than 

 in the United States Fox, but the paws are black. The 

 Alaska Red Fox is of a good average size. 



The Red Fox occasionally visits the Pribylov Islands 

 on packs or fields of ice ; but it is killed, and not suffered 

 to remain on the Islands, for (as it is stated) fear of 

 spoiling the fur of the blue and white Foxes which exist 

 there : the fact of their being different species appears, 

 not to be taken into account by those in authority. 



