HISTORY OF THE ADIRONDACK BEAVER. 



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skins collected at Montreal was so enormous, that three-fourths of the 

 collection were burned, to make the other portion worth exporting." 



' CONTINENTAL ' 



COCKED HAT. 

 (1776) 



ARMY. (1837) 



(the d'orsay.) 

 (1820) 



"NAVY" 



COCKED HAT. 



(1800) 



CLERICAL. 



(Eighteenth Century,) 



(THE WELLINGTON.) (THE PARIS BEAU.) 



(1812) CIVIL. (1815) 



(THE REGENT.) 

 (1825) 



MODIFICATIONS OF THE BEAVER HAT. 



We can readily see, that, with such methods of slaughter prevailing, 

 the beaver of the Adirondacks, surrounded on all sides by hungry trading 



