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DEER, CHINESE

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 349 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DEER, See also:CHINESE and See also:EAST See also:INDIAN.—Small, See also:light, pelted skins, the See also:majority of which are used for mats. See also:Reindeer and other varieties are of little See also:interest for use other than See also:trophy mats. Thousands are taken for the See also:leather See also:trade. Value of Chinese Is. 2d. to Is. 6d. each. See also:DoG.—The only See also:dogs that are used in the See also:fur trade in civilized countries are those imported from See also:China, which are heavy and coarse, and only used in the cheaper trade, chiefly for rugs. Value 6d. to Is. Doc See also:WOLF.—See Wolf, below. E RMINE.—SiZe 12 X21 in. Underwool See also:short and even, with a shade longer See also:top See also:hair. Pelt light and See also:close in texture, and durable.

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winter the See also:colour is pure See also:white with exception of the tip of tail, which is quite See also:black. Supplies are obtained from See also:Siberia and See also:America. Best are from See also:Ishim in Siberia. Used for cloak linings, stoles, muffs and trimmings, also for embellishment of See also:British See also:state, See also:parliamentary and legal See also:robes. When this fur is symmetrically spotted with black Iamb pieces it is styled miniver, in which See also:form it is used at the See also:grand See also:coronation functions of British sovereigns. Value Is. 3d. to 8s. 6d.

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