See also:

• RUSSIAN

RUSSIAN See also:

• SABLE
• SABLE, AMERICAN
• SABLE, CHINESE
• SABLE, MADELEINE DE SOUVRE, MARQUISE DE (1599—1678)
• RUSSIAN SABLE

SABLE  .—See also:

• SIZE

Size 15X5 in . These skins belong to a See also:

• SPECIES

species of See also:

• MARTEN
• MARTEN, AMERICAN
• MARTEN, HENRY (1602-1680)
• MARTEN, JAPANESE
• MARTEN, STONE

marten, very similar to the See also:

• EUROPEAN

European and See also:

• AMERICAN

American, but much more silky in the nature of their See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur . They have See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long been known as " sables," doubtless owing to the See also:

• DENSITY (Lat. densus, thick)

density of See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour to which many of them attain, and they have always been held in the highest esteem by connoisseurs as possessing a See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination of rare qualities . The underwool is See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close, See also:

• FINE

fine and very soft, the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair is See also:

• REGULAR

regular, fine, silky and flowing, varying from 12 to 22 in. in See also:

• DEPTH

depth . In colour they range from a See also:

• PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

pale stony or yellowish shade to a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich 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)

brown, almost See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black with a bluish See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone . The pelts are exceedingly fine and close in texture and, although of little See also:

• WEIGHT

weight, are very durable, and articles made of them produce a, sensation of warmth immediately they are put upon the See also:

• BODY

body . The See also:

• YAKUTSK

Yakutsk, See also:

• OKHOTSK, SEA OF

Okhotsk and Kamschatka sorts are See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good, the last being the largest and fullest furred, but of less density of colour than the others . Many from other districts are pale or yellowish brown, and those from Saghalien are poor in quality . The most valuable are the darkest from Yakutsk in See also:

• SIBERIA

Siberia, particularly those that have silvery hairs evenly distributed over the skin . These however are exceedingly scarce, and when a number are required to match for a large garment, considerable See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time may be necessary to collect them . This class of skin is the most expensive fur in the See also:

• WORLD

world, reckoning values by a square See also:

• FOOT

foot unit . The See also:

• AMUR
• AMUR (known also as the Sakhalin-ula)

Amur skins are paler, but often of a See also:

• PRETTY

pretty bluish stony tone with many frequently interspersed silvery hairs .

The quality too is See also:

• LOWER

lower, that is, the fur is not so close or deep, but they are very effective, particularly for close-fitting garments, as they possess the least See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of bulk . The paler skins from all districts in Siberia are now cleverly coloured or " topped," that is, just the tips of the hair are stained dark, and it is only an See also:

• EXPERT (Lat. expertus, from experiri, to try)

expert who can detect them from perfectly natural shades . If this colouring See also:

• PROCESS

process is properly executed it remains fairly fast . Notwithstanding the reported rights of the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian imperial authorities over some regions with respect to these and other valuable fur-bearing animals, there are in addition to the See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers regularly sent to the See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade See also:

• AUCTION

auction sales in See also:

• LONDON

London many good parcels of raw skins to be easily bought See also:

• DIRECT

direct, provided See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

price is not the first See also:

• CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration . Value 25g. to 980s .