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MARTEN, STONE

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 351 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MARTEN, See also:STONE .—See also:Size and quality similar to the baum; the See also:colour, however, of the underwool is a stony See also:white and the See also:top See also:hair is very dark, almost See also:black. They live in rocky and stony districts. Skins of a See also:pale bluish See also:tone are generally used in their natural See also:state for stoles, boas and muffs, but the less clear coloured skins are dyed in beautiful shades similar in See also:density to the dark and valuable sables from See also:Russia, and are the most effective skins that can be See also:purchased at a reasonable See also:price. The tails have also been worked, in the mariner explained with regard to the baum marten, as sets of trimmings and in other forms. Stone See also:martens are found in Russia, Bosnia, See also:Turkey, See also:Greece, See also:Germany, the See also:Alps and See also:France. The Bosnian and the See also:French are the best in colour. The See also:Asiatic sorts are less woolly, but being silky are useful when dyed. There are many from See also:Afghanistan and See also:India which are too poor to See also:interest the See also:European markets. Value 7s. 6d. to 26s.

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