LYNX

A forty pound bob-tail cat which loves to swim and is so light of foot he can walk on snow drifts without breaking through - that describes the Canadian Lynx. The Lynx is greatly admired for the flattering beauty of its long silken hair yet he is the victim of one of nature's most cruel tragedies. The white rabbit is the lynx favor­ite food and when this food supply is curtailed the Lynx will die off because Mrs. Lynx will not bear young unless she has her full ration of rabbit meat. When the supply of Lynx decreases the supply of rabbits automatically increases. This fluctuation in the supply of lynx and rabbits is seriously felt every seven years.

The finest Lynx are found in Alaska and the Hudson Bay region, the Fur being characterized by pale gray tones. Eastern Canada produces some fine specimens of slightly smaller size. The Fur from the Lynx from Scandinavia has a brownish hue, with dark under Fur. When this shading oc­curs the skins are generally dyed black. The belly of the lynx is the most desirable because of its long silky hair.

Before the war all American Lynx skins were sent to Leipzig for dyeing; but since then Ameri­can dyers have developed a dyeing technique that is as good, if not superior, to the European method. The lynx-cat, a native of Colorado, Idaho and Montana is somewhat similar to the lynx, but its Fur is shorter and not as desirable for Fur garments as that of Alaskan and Canadian varieties.