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WOLVERINE

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

SiZe 16X18 in. Is native to See also:America, See also:Siberia, See also:Russia and Scandinavia and generally partakes of the nature of a See also:bear. The underwool is full and thick with strong and See also:bright See also:top See also:hair about 22 in. See also:long. The See also:colour is of two or three shades of See also:brown in one skin, the centre being an See also:oval dark See also:saddle, edged as it were with quite a See also:pale See also:tone and merging to a darker one towards the flanks. This See also:peculiar See also:character alone stamps it as a distinguished See also:fur, in addition to which it has the excellent See also:advantage of being the most durable fur for See also:carriage aprons, as well as the richest in colour. It is not prolific, added to which it is very difficult to match a number of skins in quality as well as colour. Hence it is an expensive fur, but its excellent qualities make it valuable. The darkest of the least coarse skins are See also:worth the most. Prices from 6s. to 37s.

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