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ORDERS OF MAMMALS— FLESH-EATERS 



The fur of this creature is extremely valuable. Otter usually is quite dangerous, but to the 

 In March, 1900, the finest skin in the London natives of the Alaskan Peninsula, this creature 

 market sold for $1,344. A full-grown specimen is far more important than the fur seal. For- 



3. MARTEN. 



4. MINK. 



measures from 3} to 4 feet in length (head 

 and body) and has a tail 11 inches long. Its 

 fur is very dense and fine, and in color is a shim- 

 mering, lustrous black. The pursuit of the Sea 



merly between five thousand and six thousand 

 skins, worth from $100 to $500 each, were taken 

 annually, and formed practically the sole de- 

 pendence of the natives along nearly 2,000 miles 



