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Trade is carried on with the natives by means of a standard valuation, called in some parts of the country a castor. This is to obviate the necessity of circulating money, of which there is little or none, excepting in the colony of Red River. Probably a trader tells an Indian, after looking over his furs, that he has got fifty or sixty castors; at the same time he hands to him fifty or sixty little bits of wood in lieu of cash, so that the latter may know, by returning these in payment of the goods for which he really exchanges his skins, how fast his funds decrease. Having selected the blankets, knives, and other articles which he wishes to purchase, to the extent that his wooden money will admit of, he packs up his goods and departs to show his treasures to his wife. The value of a castor is from one to two shillings. The natives generally visit the trading establishments twice a year;—once in October, when they bring in the produce of their autumn hunts; and again in March, when they come in with that ofthe great winter hunt.

当地人的贸易是通过标准定价进行的，这在该国一些地区被称为蓖麻。这是为避免流通钱的需要，除了在红河殖民地其他几乎没有。在看了他的皮毛贸易品之后，购买者对印第安人说，他愿出50或者60蓖麻，同时他交给印第安人50或者60片小片木块来代替钞票，结果后者也许认为，如果他送还与自己所卖皮毛交换的蓖麻，他的储备量就会迅速减少。在选择了地毯，小刀和其他一些他想购买的物品，这些物品也是木质钱币可购买范围内的，他就会打包好自己的商品并离开向自己的妻子炫耀自己的东西了。一蓖麻的价值从一至两先令不等。当地人常常参观贸易基地，一年两次——一次是在十月，他们带着秋天收获的产物；另一次是在三月，他们带着冬天捕获的物品。

The number of castors that an Indian makes in a winter hunt varies from fifty to two hundred, according to his perseverance and activity, and the part of the country in which he hunts. The largest amount I ever heard of made by one man, was two hundred and sixty castors. The poor fellow was soon afterwards poisoned by his relatives, who were jealous of his superior abilities as a hunter, and envious of the favour shown him by the white men.

印第安人在冬天捕猎的蓖麻价值在50到200之间，根据他的毅力及行动，他做捕猎的地区具体决定。我听过的最多的数量是260蓖麻价值的猎物。这个可怜的人不久之后就被他的亲人投毒害死了，他们嫉妒他出色的捕猎能力及妒忌他受到白人的赏识。

After the furs are collected in spring at all the different out-posts, they are packed in conveniently-sized bales, and forwarded, by means of boats and canoes, to the depots on the sea-coast, whence they are transported to England. The whole country in summer is, consequently, in commotion with the passing and repassing of brigades of boats laden with bales of merchandise and furs; the still waters of the lakes and rivers are rippled by the paddle and the oar; and the long silent echoes, which have slumbered in the icy embrace of a dreary winter, are now once more awakened by the merry voice and tuneful song of the hardy voyageur.

春天，皮毛收集在不同的前哨处，打包成便利尺寸的包裹并通过船和独木舟运载，送往海岸边的仓库，从那儿再次运往英格兰。夏天，这个国家都忙碌于运输及再次运输装载满商品和皮毛的包裹中，河流和湖泊的水域在船桨的划动中泛起涟漪，长长的安静的回响被寒冷的冬天包围，但是现在再一次被勇敢的航行者唱着的愉快和谐的歌声唤醒。