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Identifier: animalproducts00simm (find matches)
Title: Animal products;
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Simmonds, Peter Lund, 1814-1897. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Animal products. (from old catalog) Domestic animals. (from old catalog)
Publisher: New York, Pub. by Scribner, Welford, and Armstrong
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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,217 IS68 . 148,040 1859 . . . 107,428 1869 157,415 i860 . • 91,459 1870 . 122,985 1861 . . 106,270 1871 169,876 1862 . . 116,144 1872 . 165,031 1863 . • . 114,442 1873 . . 149,045 1864 . • 143,238 1874 . . 117,489 1865 • • 118,575 1875 . . 146,434 A beaver skin will be found in the collection of furs of theMuseum, and there is also a fine stuffed specimen of a beavercaught in England. In commerce beaver skins, cut open, stretched to a hoop anddried in the ordinary manner, are named beaver parchment, BEAVER SKINS AND HAIR. 295 and form by far the greatest part of the importation. When thebeaver skins have been made into dresses, and worn by theIndians it is termed beaver coat, and though it may have beenin use a whole season, it still brings a good price. Inferior sizedskins are named beaver cub. The beaver exists some distance within the arctic circle, andthe darkest coloured pelts come from Fort Good Hope. TheSlave and Dog-rib tribes make capotes and robes out of the skin.
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beaver (Castor fiber). Beavers are caught in good order at all seasons of the year inthe Rocky Mountains, as there it is never warm enough to injurethe fur; in the low lands, however, along the Missouri, the trappersrarely commence their hunting before September, and relinquishit about the last of May. Sixty or seventy skins make a pack of100 lbs. Beaver hair was formerly much employed with the fur of haresand rabbits for making hats, but these heavy beaver hats have gone 296 BEAVER FLESH—CASTOREUM. out of fashion. Cloth was also made of it, but it was heavy, dearand not agreeable in appearance. The flesh and tail of the beaver are amongst the most prizeddainties of Indian epicures. It used to be considered bestwhen roasted in the skin after the hair had been singed off, andin some districts it required all the influence of the fur traders torestrain the hunters from sacrificing a considerable quantity ofbeaver fur every year to secure the enjoyment of this luxury.The flesh resemble

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