Excerpt from The Fruit Magazine, Vol. 5: Scientific Farmer and Canadian Citizen; September, 1912 During the month that he stayed on our Coast the men traded somewhat with the In dians for skins and furs - not in a commercial way, but simply traveler-like to obtain memen tos for their friends at home. But on the way home the vessel called at Canton and there by pure accident the value of the furs they had obtained was discovered. This knowledge was the basis of the maritime fur trade, to which we are indebted for our early knowledge of this province. From 1785 downward fur trading vessels resorted to this coast and reaped a rich and bountiful harvest. Sea otter skins worth $50 in China were obtained for pieces of iron worth perhaps a few cents. These traders pushed their way into the labyrinth of water ways that distort our coast line and gradually made out its outline amidst the myriads of capes, islands, and bays that lie along our Pacific frontier. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.