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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 939 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MAZAMET , an See also:

industrial See also:town of See also:south-western See also:France in the See also:department of See also:Tarn, 41 M. S.S.E. of See also:Albi by See also:rail. Pop. (1906), town, 11,370; See also:commune, 14,386. Mazamet is situated on the See also:northern slope of the Montagnes Noires and on the Arnette, a small sub-tributary of the Agout. Numerous establishments are employed in See also:wool-See also:spinning and in the manufacture of " See also:swan-skins " and flannels, and clothing for troops, and See also:hosiery, and there are important tanneries and See also:leather-dressing, See also:glove and dye See also:works. Extensive See also:commerce is carried on in wool and raw hides from See also:Argentina, See also:Australia and Cape See also:Colony.

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