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MAZAMET

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 939 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MAZAMET  , an

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town of south-western France in the department of Tarn, 41 M . S.S.E. of
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Albi by
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rail . Pop . (1906), town, 11,370; commune, 14,386 . Mazamet is situated on the
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northern slope of the Montagnes Noires and on the Arnette, a small sub-tributary of the Agout . Numerous establishments are employed in wool-spinning and in the manufacture of " swan-skins " and flannels, and clothing for troops, and
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hosiery, and there are important tanneries and leather-dressing, glove and dye
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works . Extensive commerce is carried on in wool and raw hides from
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Argentina,
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Australia and Cape Colony .

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