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BADGER

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 348 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BADGER  .—Size 2 X I ft .

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American sorts have coarse thick under-wool of a pale fawn or stone colour with a growth of longer black and white hairs, 3 or 4 in. long; a very durable but clumsy fur . The best skins are exported to France, Spain and Italy, and used for
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carriage rugs and military purposes .
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Asiatic, including
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Japanese, skins are more woolly .
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Russian and Prussian kinds are coarser and darker, and used mostly for brush trade . Value 6d. to 19s . BEAR; AUSTRALIAN.—See Wombat, below .

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