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

Size IoX5 in. This measurement refers to the See also:Russian and Siberian sorts, which are the only See also:kind imported for the See also:fur. The numerous other See also:species are too poor in their coats to attract See also:notice from fur dealers. The back of the Russian squirrel has an even See also:close fur varying from a clear bluish-See also:grey to a reddish-See also:brown, the bellies in the former being of a See also:flat quality and See also:white, in the latter yellowish. The backs are worked into linings separately, as are the bellies or " locks." The pelts, although very See also:light, are tough and durable, hence their See also:good reputation for linings for ladies' walking or See also:driving coats. The best skins also provide excellent material for coats, capes, stoles, ties, collars, cuffs, gloves, muffs, hoods and light-See also:weight See also:carriage aprons. The tails are dark and very small, and when required for ends of boas three or four are made as one. Value per skin from 2fd. to Is. Id.

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