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SEAL, HAIR

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 353 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SEAL, See also:HAIR .—There are several varieties of these See also:seals in the seas stretching See also:north from See also:Scotland, around See also:Newfoundland, See also:Greenland and the north-See also:west See also:coast of See also:America, and they are far more numerous than See also:fur seals. Generally they have coarse rigid hair and none possess any underwool. They are taken principally for the oil and See also:leather they yield. Some of the better haired sorts are dyed See also:black and See also:brown and used for men's motor coats when quite a waterproof garment is wanted, and they are used also for this quality in See also:China. The See also:young of the Greenland seals are called whitecoats on See also:account of the See also:early growth being of a yellowish See also:white See also:colour; the hair is to I in. See also:long, and at this early See also:stage of their See also:life is soft compared to that of the older seals. These fur skins are dyed black or dark brown and are used for military caps and See also:hearth-rugs. Value 2s. to 15s. There are fewer hair seals in the See also:southern than in the See also:northern seas.

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