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Show Sea Otter Fur According ft the report of the United States r- li ' oiiiiiilsKb.il 1 . tt,r furnlsheH tli n,.,t valuable of all oepjarte fum. Some sIiikIc pelts hnve ..d ns hla-i as $MOO nplcce are) J.CHi or $StJ for h skin Is not unusual TJiIm animal U found along the shores of Um north Pacific. ext.ndlnK s-mthuard alone the Anlatle ooast to Jnnan. and alone in., American shore perhaps to Mexico The hulk of tha animal catch Is obtained among the Islands of southeast Alaska. in 1W0 but MM of these skins were offerod In ihe great l-ondon rales, where It Is estimated esti-mated that at least SO per cent of tho cntiro catch la sent. The choicest skins seldom reach the British or American retailers. The sea otter . n. I, I In blth ehtlrnatlon bv the Rurslans umi 1 hi-r.ern, hi-r.ern, who pay enormous pr'ces for selected felts, it Is .the royal fur Of .'lilna being worn by rnajidarlns and officers of state Th-average Th-average adult animal Is al-nit three r. , t .., Hir. . feet H Inches In length, but the skin Is very elastic, and can he stretched previous t. drying up lo st leni-t n clx feet, the width helng friiu two feet to thlrtv Inch a. II.. most valuable pl. . ... .,1 ,..,.,, ,r, lah black, exhibiting a illvei 00 lot when blown open, and containing a few vhitc overhalrg |