. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. THE SA15LE. 849 string wliioh was ilship fill' a Iiorsc, I'litcivd, it Wdiild King lie ween his ying ail kii^ils df 11(1, iiud pcnnittnl tlu! ])oor ]V[avti'=) dcml. When iii iViiys pn (diTi'd Istui' -wliile clinilicr, and ^ liiii'd pressed in \y ill a .tiiie d f ni'r among ilic ng, or nidviii^ iu u' more litUio inr cji is given tiulf. lerwise pleasinj;' very perceptililc ^^ted in a kind oF ! in its (â¢liara( i'l', I Ik'eeli Martius (' Polecat, wl/Vli npleasant odo;;, i graee
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. THE SA15LE. 849 string wliioh was ilship fill' a Iiorsc, I'litcivd, it Wdiild King lie ween his ying ail kii^ils df 11(1, iiud pcnnittnl tlu! ])oor ]V[avti'=) dcml. When iii iViiys pn (diTi'd Istui' -wliile clinilicr, and ^ liiii'd pressed in \y ill a .tiiie d f ni'r among ilic ng, or nidviii^ iu u' more litUio inr cji is given tiulf. lerwise pleasinj;' very perceptililc ^^ted in a kind oF ! in its (â¢liara( i'l', I Ik'eeli Martius (' Polecat, wl/Vli npleasant odo;;, i graeel'nl antics, the daytime, Imt â ate itself with u it'ten eat varimis does so Avhen it ly the partially hieh it strijis of lered i'ragmeuts aws, that one (if I' ot the room in inntics, lint still t (iivat I'.ritiiiii. I arc lVe([nent!y , which s ol' this animal irtens tjiat have lie same species. viiown, together hough tliey a;, eh other hy ith white njiiin ese Sal!^> ⢠â : â ' Kiimtscliatka, and in Asiati(3 Eussia. Its fur is in the greatest perfection during the coldest months of tlie ycsar, and olfers an inducement to the hunter to bravo tlic fearful iiiilemeiiey of a northern winter in order to obtain a liigher price for his small but \alMal)le commodities. A really pcu'fect Sable skin is but seldom obtained, and will cniiimaml an exceedingly high price. An ordinary .skin is considered to be worth from inc to sixor seven ])ounds, but if it should be of the very best quality, is valued at tu( !vc or fifteen pounds. In wrdiL- to obtain these much-prized skins, the Sable-hunters are forced to undergo tlic most tersible privations, and often lose their lives in the snow-covered wastes in whidi the Sa'tle loves to dwell. A sudden and heavy snow-storm will obliterate in a ,«iii.';;" halt-Jiour eveiy trace by which the iiunter had marked out his path, and, if it .'^lieiild be of long continuance, may overwlu'lm him in the mountain "drifts"
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