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fing of the middle-aged or the young, called cub-beaver, is 
the molt. valuable, the wool being the fineft, moft g loffy, and 
fufceptible. of the moft permanent dye. 
Fox -{kins furnifh a confiderable oT of fe In the 
c0id countries animals of this fpecies of alk colours, 
white, grey, blue, iron-grey, ay, variegated and 
black. Of thefe ihe laft is the moft ble, and the firft 
the ea he hair of an wviite fox i is very liable to fall off 5 
uty. 
tthofe of the wolf and bear, a nufactured into muffs, 
-tippets, cloaks, and other defentative articles of winter 
‘drefs. 
The different fpecies of a et conftitute the 
the fineft and moft generally 
of the wild-cat i is ca ft and warm, 
which i is the moft valuable on a ihe nown, 
mer the ermine is vat and called the ftoat. ioe is in winter 
only that this little animal has its fur of the proper colour 
and confiftence. "At che approach of the caclemeal feafon 
the hair, from being coarfe and fhort, aoa and grows 
finer, while numerous {maller hairs rife n the 
give e it 
animals, and: fets fo high-a price upon their {ki 
{nowy whit enefs which the ermine’s fur affumes at that cme 
of the year confers on it alfo an additional value. 
8 afford furs of various qualities, which, 
ee of eftimati ion 
net, an , the fur of 
a fire as : ee ‘it the eerily to that wm a the pani 
e, and Siberian fox. Ano 
o 
articles of this defcription, the fea-otter. This inhabitant 
of the orld furnifhes a complete rival to any in the 
Old; its’fur being, in the opinion of experienced judges, 
"Phe account 
to Canton ; 
an. communiea- 
nfs as net hindred dollars a flcin. 
ra i in nged other adventurers to open a.trade 
= fea.otters ; and thefe wilt 
pobably fon furnith anew a of ee Lares 
2 Ppa Trade. 
is. was oby the multiplica- 
faon, aid dbiejasne difperfion of, soanikind, ’ for peopliug the 
to hae 
RS. . 
earth, would extend aa perpetuate. the ufage ee the 
fir, rit fta ages: of civilization 
um frigida parvas : 
Prabert fpelunca domos, i ignemque Lave 
; & dominos communi clauderet un 
Silv anak montana tort um fterneret uxor - - 
paar & culmo Gonanungie ferarum 
- Peliibus.”? 
Juvenal Sat. 1. vi 
Accordingly, hiftorians and poets defcribe people i in the 
ruder ages of the world, when hunting and fighting appear 
cen their Sea al employ nee as ulually clothed 
this manner : cultom wou a ail till art had 
taught the fuperior ar nee ages of wo si i on 
afforded her afliftance in its multifarious fabricat Thus 
Virgil, when he defcribes /Eneas about to take his aneue 
from Troy ; a him as having his outer veft formed 
of a lion’s fkin 
“¢ Hac aie lateros humeros ae eialeae colla 
Vefte fuper fulvique infternor p:/eleo 
Enel, lib. i 
In bock the oe bs SS Aceftes as formidably clad in 
the ae of a r. 
northern ee of Kam t{c 
iflands inthe Pacific ocean, tr rom the feats of the Nat hana 
and Quareling Indians to the great wall which feparates 
China from the Siberian defarts. As tribes multiplied, 
Satter tered and .confequently woods diminifhed, 
the haunts of undomefticated animals would become more 
towards erecting the tabernacle for Jehovah, are er. bag ae 
purple, peer and fine linen, w fee ee 
fkin iki 
nd badger fkins. ed book of Nam bee 
‘agion. From paf ages s it eerie oe fkins were- 
not only ufed for fakin fo ertians ut 
were alfo confide red of reat ie long ran ent te the 
o g e difcovered. 
or amon _ what eople, furs oe 
- AGia and Europe; and 
the cu fterw ight have been’ extended: to the 
middle a fouthern ee of the latter. continent, by thofe 
immenfe hordes, which defcended and’ deluged the Roman, 
empire like a flood, ‘the Goths and Vandals. 
iifto a wt that fir were. 
anciently ufed t eer the es fom prince, grandlees, 
and. perfons. de eae ee authority. Veltiges of 
ted: w 
their -ufe in thefe, Efees a are {till yifible i in Eygasa. in the 
Rate rabés of the ‘King, the riobility, judges, and. other. per- 
fong 
