The arrivals, however, have been on the whole discouragingly small, the total for the years 1901-1905 being only 14,000.
When you first receive a diagnosis of acid reflux, the list of dietary prohibitions may seem discouragingly long.
The walrus, hunted for its ivory tusks, and the sea otter, rarest and most valuable of Alaskan fur animals, are near extermination; the blue fox is now bred for its pelt on the Aleutians and the southern continental coast; the skins of the black and silver fox are extremely rare, and in general the whole fur industry is discouragingly decadent.
