The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company Including that of the French Traders of North-Western Canada and of the North-West, XY, and Astor Fur Companies

CHAPTER III.

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METHODS OF TRADE.

Rich Mr. Portman--Good ship _Prince Rupert_--The early adventurers--"Book of Common Prayer"--Five forts--Voting a funeral--Worth of a beaver--To Hudson Bay and back--Selling the pelts--Bottles of sack--Fat dividends--"Victorious as Cæsar"--"Golden Fruit" 20