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INTRODUCTION. 



articles of trade, although the price of the two former 

 has as steadily declined as that of the Beaver has 

 advanced. The Company import but few Sea-Otters. 

 They endeavoured to introduce Beavers into Charles 

 Island, in Hudson Strait, but without success. When 

 the French possessed Canada, before the establishment 

 of the Hudson's Bay Company there, the Beavers were 

 exported to La Piochelle, in France, and sold there. 

 The most important tribes of North American Indians 

 inhabiting the Hudson's Bay Company's territory are 

 the Crees, Blackfeet, and Chippewayans. 



The chief marks in the catalogues of the sales, denot- 

 ing the district where the skin is taken, are : — 



Some of the old marks are 



S R . Severn River. 



C R . Coppermine River. 



A R . Albany River. 



MV . 



D . Oregon District. 



M D . Montreal District. 



S D . Severn District. 



S S M Sai-dt St« Marie. 



P . . Penetanguishene. 



GN . 



The outfit, or goods sent out to supply the different 

 posts, amounts to rather over i;100,000. 



