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fur trimming, but as a rule bear skins are not used in the manufacture 

 of fur garments, but are used solely for rugs, robes, etc. 



Black Fox 

 The highest priced of all the black furs is black fox or silver 

 fox. There are some specimens that are entirely black without a 

 white hair on the pelt, although all of the black silver foxes have a 

 white tip on the end of the tail. 



Raccoon 

 The raccoon might be also called a black fur in that there are 

 some specimens that are solid black, but as a rule they are brownish 

 black. The raccoon is a splendid fur and is very much in vogue for 

 trimming. The best skins are very dark in color and thick in fur, 

 the fur being from one and a half to two inches deep. The yellowish 

 light brown raccoon are usually blended or dyed brown, and in some 

 instances dyed black, and when dyed black they resemble skunk as 

 they are very similar in thickness and quality of fur. 



Civet Cat 

 Civet cat is one of the naturally black furs. It belongs to the 

 same family as the skunk and has the same habits. Unlike the 

 skunk, however, it does not have two white stripes down the back, 

 but has white spots sprinkled over the body. It is smaller than the 

 skunk and its fur is not so thick or fine in quality. Civet cat are 

 usually used by furriers in their natural color. 



YELLOW FURS 



Jap marten, Jap mink, China mink, kolinsky and some marten 

 found in Alaska and Canada are all quite yellowish in color and are 

 rather coarse in fur. They are usually dyed brown to imitate Hud- 

 son Bay sable and American mink. 



BED FURS 



Red Fox 

 The richest finest red fox come from Kamchatka, and this fox 

 surpasses all other varieties in the quality of its fur and the depth 

 and richness of the red color, which is a dark rich almost mahogany 

 red, and the skins are very large. The next best red fox come from 

 Alaska. The Eastern Canadian red fox is also dark red in color. 

 The foxes from the Western part of Canada and the Northern part 

 of the United States are a yellowish red. Large quantities of red 

 fox are trapped in the Central and New England States, but the fur 

 is a Kttle shorter and little more mottled, that is there are yellow 



