Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-03-18

HOW THIS COSTLY FUR is GOT
TEN IN WASHINGTON STATE.

Perched High Above the BiIIows the OAR
ing Hunter Watches with His Rifle and
GIasses-UnwrItten law That Is Care
fully Observed.
1t is not generally known that some of the
most expensive fur producing animals are
killed Off this coast Of the new state of Wash
ington, and it is remarkable that the extent
of territory where these animals are taken is
SO extremely limited, being only from Da-
mons point at the northern entrance to
Gray's harbOr, up the coast to Point Green
vile, q distance of about twenty -four miles.
The animal referred to is the sea otter the
fur of which is manufactured into tie robes
of the potentates and princes of the nld
World.
Unlike that of the seal. the fur of the sea
otter requires no pluckng of hair or coloring;
in fact, the most valuable skins are those
which are speckled through with silver
tipped hair, which is known as the silver
tipped fur, the addition of this hair adding
Is to so per cent. to the price of the skin.
There are now several hunters engaged in
killing sea offers at the place referred to, and
the modus operandi of taking them was very
interesting to me.
THE "CROWs NEST.n
The hunters build themselves derrcks about
forty feet high by taking three slim poles or
pieces of timber, each about forty feet in
length, and boiling them securely together
at one end for the top, they spread them
about twenty-five feet apart at the bottom,
giving the appearance Of huge tripod. These
are set on the ocean beach, about midway be-
tween high and low tides, the foot of the poles
being imbedded in the sand from two to three
feet. The structure is then thoroughly braced,
and a ladder built to the top by mailing pieces
at convenient distances crosswise on the in
land.
About eighteen inches below the top of the
tripod, cross timbers are secured to the legs,
and upon these cross timbers a floor from
four to five feet square is laid, and on the
oceanward and two adjoining sides walls are
built up from three and half to four feet in
height. On the land side, door is construct
ed to allow the hunter easy ingress and egress
to and from his "crow's nest" On the top of
the tripod, which extends about eighteen
inches above the floor, a seat is constructed
and around the inside of the wall row of
shelving is placed.
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