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more valuable ; I have noted £2 10s. for a cub and £5 for an 
adult. American Wolves appear to be worth rather more than 
EKuropean ones. Dog-Wolf hybrids I have seen quoted at £3 15s. 
each. 
Most Jackals, whether Asiatic or African, fetch very small 
prices in Europe, from ten shillings to £1 a head. The Black- 
backed Jackal, Canis mesomelas, may however go up to £2. 
There is such a considerable trade in the common Huropean 
Fox that it almost more pertains to ordinary commerce than to 
the wild-beast business: I have noted cubs quoted at from four 
to eighteen shillings each, and adults up to £2 a head. Various 
species of American Foxes, including Canis virginianus, C. azare, 
and C. cancrivorus, appear to be imported to Europe, and sold at 
from fifteen shillings to £1 each. 
The Arctic Fox, Canis lagopus, is quoted at from £2 10s. to 
£3 15s. a head. 
The more aberrant Dogs seldom come into the market. The 
Raccoon-like Dog, Canis procyonides, I have once seen offered for 
£2. 5s.; £30 was asked in 1907 for a male Asiatic Wild Dog, 
Cuon alpinus ; and the Cape Hunting Dog, Lycaon pictus, if in 
good condition, always commands a high price, from £20 to £25 
for puppies up to £45 for an adult male. 
Family Mustenipm. 
Besides the Ferret, which does not come within the scope of 
this article, there is only one member of this family that is at all 
often offered for sale, that being the European Badger, Meles 
taxus, which seems to maintain a steady price of ten to fifteen 
shillings for young animals and fifteen shillings to £1 for 
adults. 
Other prices for Mustelide that I have noted are :— 
Mustela fora, Beech-Marten.—F ive shillings. 
M. putorius, Polecat.—Five shillings. 
Gulo luscus, Glutton, or Wolverine.—£15. 
Galictis barbara, Tayra.—£5. 
G. vittata, Grison.—£1 5s. to £1 15s. 
Ictonyx zorilla, Cape Striped-Polecat.—£1 10s. to £2. 
Mellvora capensis, Ratel, or Honey-Badger.—<£6. 
Lutra vulgaris, Huropean Otter.—£3 15s. 
