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RACCOON .—See also:Size 20 X12 in. Is an See also:animal varying considerably in size and in quality and See also:colour of See also:fur, according to the See also:part of See also:North See also:America in which it is found. In See also:common parlance, it may be described as a See also:species of See also:wild See also:dog with See also:close See also:affinity to the See also:bear: The underwool is 1 to 12 in. deep, See also:pale See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown, with See also:long See also:top hairs of a dark and silvery-See also:grey mixture of a grizzly type, the best having a bluish See also:tone and the cheapest a yellowish or reddish-brown. A limited number of very dark and See also:black sorts exist and are highly valued for trimmings. The very finest skins are chiefly used for stoles and muffs, and the See also:general run for coachmen's capes and See also:carriage rugs, which are very handsome when the tails, which are marked with rings of dark and See also:light fur alternately, are See also:left on, Raccoons are used in enormous quantities in See also:Canada for men'scoats, the fur outside. The poorer qualities are extensively bought and made up in a similar way for See also:Austria-See also:Hungary and See also:Germany. These make excellent linings for coats or footsacks for open See also:driving in very See also:cold climates. The worst coloured skins are dyed black or brown and are used for See also:British military busbies, or caps, stoles, boas, muffs and coachmen's capes. The best skins come from the See also:northern parts of the See also:United States. A smaller and poorer species inhabits See also:South America, and a very few are found in the north of See also:India, but these do not See also:interest the See also:European See also:trade. From See also:Japan a similar animal is obtained in smaller quantities with very See also:good but longer fur, of yellowish See also:motley light-brown shades. It is more often imported and sold as See also:Japanese See also:fox, but its resemblance to the fur of the See also:American raccoon is so marked as to surely identify it. When dyed dark See also:blue or See also:skunk colour it is good-looking and is sold widely in See also:Europe. Raccoon skins are also frequently unhaired, and if the underwool is of good quality the effect is similar to See also:beaver. It is the most useful fur for use in America or See also:Russia, having a full quantity of fur which will retain See also:heat. Value Iod. to 26s.
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