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LION
.—See also:Size 5 to 6 ft. See also:long
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These skins are found in See also:Africa, See also:Arabia and See also:part of See also:India, and are every See also:year becoming scarcer
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They are only used for See also:floor rugs, and the See also:males are more highly esteemed on See also:account of the set-off of the mane
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Value, lions' Do to £too; lionesses' £5 to X25
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See also:LYNx.—Size 45X20 in
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The underwool is thinner than See also:fox, but the See also:top See also:hair is See also:fine, silky and flowing, 4 in. long, of a See also:pale See also:grey, slightly mottled with fine streaks and dark spots
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The See also:fur upon the flanks is longer and See also: The finest skins when dyed black are used very largely in America in See also:place of the dyed black fox so fashionable for See also:mourning See also:wear in See also:Great See also:Britain and See also:France . The See also:British See also:Hussar busbies are made of the dark brown lynx, and it is the See also:free silky easy See also:movement of the fur with the least disturbance in the See also:atmosphere that gives it such a pleasing effect . It is used for rugs in its natural state and also in See also:Turkey as trimmings for garments . Value I3s . 6d. to 56s . |
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