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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 351 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LION .—See also:

Size 5 to 6 ft. See also:long. These skins are found in See also:Africa, See also:Arabia and See also:part of See also:India, and are every See also:year becoming scarcer. They are only used for See also:floor rugs, and the See also:males are more highly esteemed on See also:account of the set-off of the mane. Value, lions' Do to £too; lionesses' £5 to X25. See also:LYNx.—Size 45X20 in. The underwool is thinner than See also:fox, but the See also:top See also:hair is See also:fine, silky and flowing, 4 in. long, of a See also:pale See also:grey, slightly mottled with fine streaks and dark spots. The See also:fur upon the flanks is longer and See also:white with very pronounced markings of dark spots, and this part of the skin is generally worked separately from the See also:rest and is very effective for See also:gown trimmings. Where the See also:colour is of a sandy and reddish See also:hue the value is far less than where it is of a bluish See also:tone. They inhabit See also:North See also:America as far See also:south as See also:California, also See also:Norway and See also:Sweden. Those from the See also:Hudson See also:Bay See also:district and Sweden are the best and are very similar. Those taken in Central See also:Asia are mostly used locally. For attire the skins manufactured in See also:Europe are generally dyed See also:black or See also:brown, in which See also:state it has a similar See also:appearance to dyed fox, but having less thick underwool, and finer hair flows freely.

The finest skins when dyed black are used very largely in America in See also:

place of the dyed black fox so fashionable for See also:mourning See also:wear in See also:Great See also:Britain and See also:France. The See also:British See also:Hussar busbies are made of the dark brown lynx, and it is the See also:free silky easy See also:movement of the fur with the least disturbance in the See also:atmosphere that gives it such a pleasing effect. It is used for rugs in its natural state and also in See also:Turkey as trimmings for garments. Value I3s. 6d. to 56s.

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