The hair is like that of a horse, in summer of a chestnut colour.

The natives, and also the Russians, are particularly fond of marine animals, such as whales, &c.; they drink the oil like milk." Another notable water beast of the British Columbia coast was the sea otter (_Enhydris_), described on p.305.Such an immense value was set on its fur that it is now nearly extinct within British limits.
The huge chocolate-coloured bear of the Yukon valley has already been mentioned; also the very large, blackish-brown wild dog (_Canis pambasileus_), which from one or two passages in the writings of Canadian pioneers may also be found as far south as the British Columbian Rocky Mountains.

In the Yukon country the elk (which was formerly very common in British Columbia) grows to gigantic proportions with longer and larger antlers than elsewhere.

In the forested mountains of British Columbia (as well as farther north) are the wood bison, the white mountain goat, grizzly bears, black bears, two kinds of lynx, the wapiti red deer, and the large bighorn sheep.
These (_Ovis montana_) sheep are of a grey or leaden colour; the rump and the inner side of the legs are white; the hoofs black, about one inch long.

"The hair is rather soft, and at the roots is mixed with exceedingly fine white wool, which seems to grow only in certain patches.