Maritime Fur Trade

Famous quotes containing the words fur and/or trade:

“Many bits of fox fur will make a fine robe.”
—Chinese proverb.

“A nose, kind sir! Sure, Mother Nature,
With all her freaks, ne’er formed this feature.
If such were mine, I’d try and trade it,
And swear the gods had never made it.”
—Susanna Moodie (1803–1885)