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OEDERS OF MAMJIALS— FLESH-EATERS 



The fur of this rreature is extrcmclj^ valuable. Otter usually is iiuite 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- 



O. MAHTBN. 

 4. MINK. 



measures from 3o- to 4 feet in length (head merly fietween five thousand and six thousand 



and body) and has a tail 11 inches long. Ls skins, worth from .$100 to 1500 each, were taken 



fur is very dense and fine, and in color is a shim- annually, and formed practically the sole de- 



mering, lustrous black. The pursuit of the Sea pendence of the natives along nearly 2,000 miles 



