HAIR SEAL
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V11,
Page 353
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
HAIR SEAL
.—There are several varieties of these seals in the seas stretching north from Scotland, around Newfoundland, Greenland and the north- west coast of America, and they are far more numerous than fur seals
.
Generally they have coarse rigid hair and none possess any underwool
.
They are taken principally for the oil and leather they yield
.
Some of the better haired sorts are dyed black and 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)
and used for men's motor coats when quite a waterproof garment is wanted, and they are used also for this quality in China
.
The young of the Greenland seals are called whitecoats on account of the early growth being of a yellowish 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)
; the hair is
to I in. long, and at this early stage of their life is soft compared to that of the older seals
.
These fur skins are dyed black or dark brown and are used for military caps and hearth-rugs
.
Value 2s. to 15s
.
There are fewer hair seals in the southern than in the northern seas
.
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