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SKUNK

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 353 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SKUNK Or See also:

BLACK See also:MARTEN.—See also:Size 15X8 in. The underwool is full and fairly See also:close with, glossy, flowing See also:top See also:hair about 21 in. See also:long. The See also:majority have two stripes of See also:white hair, extending the whole length of the skin, but these are cut out by the manufacturing furrier and sold to the dealers in pieces for exportation. The animals are found widely spread throughout' See also:North and See also:South See also:America. The skins which are of the greatest See also:interest to the See also:European See also:trade are those from North America, the South See also:American See also:species being small, coarse and generally See also:brown. The best skins come from See also:Ohio and New See also:York. If it were not for its disagreeable odour, skunk would be See also:worth much more than the usual See also:market value, as it is naturally the blackest See also:fur, silky in See also:appearance and most durable. The improved dressing processes have to a large extent removed the naturally pungent See also:scent. The fur is excellent for stoles, boas, collars, cuffs, muffs and trimmings. Value Is. 6d. to us. See also:SousLIK.—Size 7 in.X21.

Is a small rodent found in the south of See also:

Russia and also in parts of America. It has very See also:short hair and is a poor fur even for the cheapest linings, which is the only use to which the skin could be put. It is known as See also:kaluga when imported in ready-made linings from Russia where the skins are dressed and worked in an inferior way. Value Id. to 3d.

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