Captain Cook having, at parting, bestowed upon him a small present, received, in return, a beaver skin, of much greater value.

In 1987-88, the state listed 18,660 trappers, who reported taking 21,892 beaver skins.

A string's value was equivalent to one or more beaver skins.

He pulled down the window shade, then sat on a pile of beaver skins.

Presenting her with an oversized robe made of beaver skins, he said, "Big enough for both of you to sleep under."

His rifle lay on top of the beaver skins.

The Dutch came to Manhattan to get beaver skins.

A good beaver skin could bring up to $4 at a time when a man's wage was often $1 per day.

In this time, the beaver skin drastically rose in demand and in value.

The commodity that first attracted Europeans to Canada was beaver skins.