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SEAL, FUR

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SEAL, See also:FUR .—Sizes range from 24X 15 in. to 55X25 in., the width being taken at the widest See also:part of the skin after preparation. The centre of the skin between the fins is very narrow and the skins See also:taper at each end, particularly at the tail. The very small pups are of a beautiful quality, but too tiny to make into garments, and, as the aim of a See also:good furrier is to avoid all lateral or See also:cross seams, skins are selected that are the length of the garment that is to be made. The most useful skins for coats are the large pups 42 in. See also:long, and the quality is very good and See also:uniform. The largest skins, known in the See also:trade as " wigs," which range up to 8 ft. in length, are uneven and weak in the fur, and hunters do not seek to obtain them. The See also:supply of the best sort is chiefly from the See also:North Pacific, viz. Pribilof Islands, See also:Alaska, north-See also:west See also:coast of See also:America, See also:Copper See also:Island of the Aleutian See also:group near to Kamschatka, Robben Island and See also:Japan. Other kinds are taken from the See also:South Pacific and South See also:Atlantic Oceans, around Cape See also:Horn, the See also:Falkland Islands up to Lobos Islands at the entrance of the La See also:Plata See also:river, off the Cape of Good See also:Hope and Crozet Isles. With, however, the exception of the pick of the Lobos Island See also:seals the fur of the See also:southern See also:sea seals is very poor and only suitable for the cheapest See also:market. Formerly many skins were obtained from New See also:Zealand and See also:Australia, but. the importation is now small and the quality not good. The preparation of seal skin occupies a longer See also:time than any other fur skin, but its See also:fine See also:rich effect when finished and its many properties of warmth and durability well repay it. Value Ios. to 232x.

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