. The fur traders and fur bearing animals. Fur trade; Fur-bearing animals. 200 Cabnivora Fissipedia. ington and Oregon are secured in the neighborhood of Grey's Harbor, which shows that these animals seem to have a preference for certain localities to the exclusion of all other ; Because of their quick hearing and acute smell Sea Otters are hard to capture by shooting or clubbing, unless there is a heavy gale from the north to drown the sounds made by the approaching hunters. Some of the natives spread nets over the kelp-beds where the Otters are in the habit of sleeping, when t
. The fur traders and fur bearing animals. Fur trade; Fur-bearing animals. 200 Cabnivora Fissipedia. ington and Oregon are secured in the neighborhood of Grey's Harbor, which shows that these animals seem to have a preference for certain localities to the exclusion of all other ; Because of their quick hearing and acute smell Sea Otters are hard to capture by shooting or clubbing, unless there is a heavy gale from the north to drown the sounds made by the approaching hunters. Some of the natives spread nets over the kelp-beds where the Otters are in the habit of sleeping, when the animals becoming par- alyzed with fear as they find themselves entangled in the meshes, fall an easy prey to the hunters. The Sea Otter furnishes one of the most valuable of furs as a single skin will often sell for from one thousand five hundred dollars to two thousand dollars, and the average price of a season's catch is about five hundred dol- lars per Sea Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Petersen, Marcus, 1854-. Buffalo, N. Y. , Hammond Press
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