/ On* of fl» most interesting braneies of tradois tho fur business. It is interesting in its first Btflpa-that is, the pursuit of tho i animnlß which are to supply the pelts ;it is ( interesting in tho curious concentration of .' pelt sellers and buyers in London in each of I four months of tho year-January, March, ] Juno, and October—and it is interesting in , the beautiful dressed Bkins, robes, and pro- 1 pared prments, vrhich aro its final result. i London has maintained for many years tho pro-eminence in thistrado. American Bkins como to London to bo sold by auction, 0 „d then aro sent back to America to bo worn by American, men and women, very likely under somo high-sounding foreign ri >nie, Russian buyers como to London to buy Russian skins. A yen's auctionusalcs of furs often amounts to four million pounds. Many curious incidents and caprices ot Ho London market arc recorded, hvet Bincothe Middle Ages the ermine has been tho fur of royalty, and it is still used in tho trimming of tho state garments of kings; and queens, but it long ago fell into disfavour with women of fashion. White ermine skins became so chesp that tho Canadian, Siberian nud Chineso hunters no longer sent them to Two "or three years ago, however, the word went round fan some mysterious fashionable source that ermine should be once more Hie mode. Suddenly, all tho buyers begun to demand ermine 'skins, and the price went up to a great figure. As was to lie expected tnc rosukct wan soon glutted. Chinese hunters Bint to Loudon no fewer than tf.i tli'Miwind enniuo anus in ■the spring >.f 16.1 And then they promptly went out o'f.isliiJii. , The finest and iiK-st costly fur is til" bine rian wbcline, or s-,>Ue, an an'mr-l wbich is Mid to be l-apiuyiiciiiiij; the point of ex termination. This little creature is a rablo about eigh teen inclns lone, with a bushy tail, and a slurp. nose. It k> a remark ably rich, llmv-foM fur, dark brown, or black, and vc:ybstr.ii?. _ The chore for ll.e Sibciiau sab.e is now confined r.km-st entirely to the peninsula of Knmschstkn. It is a eusnof* for it must be cauied on in winter, and at that season the wilder pits o( Kainschatta »ro even more inhospitable than those of the Hudson Bav territory. 