FUR

in the natural protection against extreme cold, and therefore most of the furs of commerce come from the 4 Frozen North ’ of Canada or Ru ia. The F. chiefly in demand are those of the beaver, raccoon, seal, sable, marten, ermine, lynx, chincilla, bear, etc. The great F. company of the world is the Hudson’s Bay Company, which was founded in 1670. The great F. markets of the world are London, Leipzig, Nijni-Novgorod, and New York. Leipzig itself is not a real fur centre but as the centre of the old road system of the Great; European Plain, it became the natural market between Ru ia and F ranee.