The text below comes from the Albany Fort America Journal of
1706:
4
Martins as one Beaver
2 Otters as one Beaver unless they prove extraordinarily
good and then we rate them 1 p. Beaver
2 Foxes as one Beaver unless they prove as above and then
we rate them 1 p. Beaver
1 Cat as one Beaver
1 Moose skin as two Beavers
1 Wolf as one Beaver
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1
Black Bear as 2 Beavers
1 Cub as one Beaver
2 Quaequaehatch (Wolverine) as one Beaver
10 lb Feathers as one Beaver
1 lb Castoreum as one Beaver
2 Deers as one Beaver
4 fathom netting as one Beaver
8 pair Moose hooves as one Beaver
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This
excerpt from the Albany Fort Journal, in:
Hudsons Bay Miscellany, 1670-1870, Edited by Glyndwr
Williams Ph.D. Winnipeg: Hudsons Bay Record Society, 1975