“I’m sure I don’t know.”
“Forty dollars apiece for the real silvers, and the silver-gray twenty-five.”
“O, my! and the beaver-skins?”
“About six dollars apiece.”
Beaver fur, notwithstanding it was plenty, was in far more request than at present, as it was then the only material for nice hats; but silk has since taken its place, beaver being too heavy a fur for wearing.
“And the coons?” asked John.
“One dollar apiece. The bears about forty shillings.”
“Why, the bears alone will come to about ten pounds!”
“The otter?”
“The otter six dollars, and the fisher six.”