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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 Eochelle, 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 : — 



W . . . York Port. 



]VK B . . . Mackenzie Biver. 



IVR & E M . . Moose Biver and East Main. 



P G & L W E . Fort George and Little Whale Biver. 



B & M . . Bersarriis and Mingin. 



N W . . . North-West. 



E B . . . Esquimaux Bay. 



SB. . . Severn Bay. 



K P C . . King's Post, Canada, 



A . . . Albany. 



G B . . Grand Biver. 



S . . . Saskatchewan. 



L H . . . Lake Huron. 



L S . . . Lake Superior. 



U . . . Ungava. 



T . . . Temiscamingue. 



Some of the old marks are : 



S E . Severn Biver. 



G E . Coppermine Biver. 



A E . Albany Eiver. 



MV. 



O D . Oregon District. 



M D . Montreal District. 

 S D . Severn District. 

 •SSM Sault S'= Marie. 

 P . . Penetanguishene. 



GN . 



The outfit, or goods sent out to supply the different 

 posts, amounts to rather over £100,000. 



