CHAPTER. I. 



DECREASE OP CARNIVORES THE BLACK BEAR ITS PRESENT HAUNTS — 



DISTINCT FROM BLACK BEAR OP 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 SILVEK-FOX SKIN THE LYNX ITS INOFFENSIVE- 



IfEsS VARIETY IN COLOUR OF FUR — POWER OF SWIMMING — POOD— 



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 



YOUNG CUBS. 



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