OCELOT
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V11,
Page 351
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
OCELOT
.—Size 36X 13 in
.
Is of the nature of a leopard and prettily marked with stripes and oblong spots
.
Only a few are now imported from South America for carriage aprons or mats
.
The numbers are very limited
.
Value Is. to 2s
.
6d
.
Opossum, AMERICAN.—Size 18X lo in
.
Is a marsupial, a class with this exception not met with out of Australia
.
The underwool is of a very close frizzy nature, and nearly See also: - WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
, with long bluish grey mixed with some black top hair
.
It is only found in the central sections of the United States
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About 1870 in England it was dyed dark See also: - BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
or black and used for boas, muffs and trimmings, but until recently has been neglected on the continent
.
With, however, recent experiments in brown and skunk coloured dyes, it bids fair to become a popular fur
.
Value 22d. to 5s
.
6d
.
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