. The fur traders and fur bearing animals. Fur trade; Fur-bearing animals. 194 Carnivoba Fissipedia. covered with long black and white hairs that grow much longer on the sides than on the back; and the skins are used principally for making robes, muffs and other furs. The European or Common Badg-er (Meles-taxus) is much coarser and darker than the American species; and the hairs of most of the skins of this variety are used for brush-making, although the great majority of skins used for that purpose come from American Badger. The brush manufacturers shave the skins on the leather side
. The fur traders and fur bearing animals. Fur trade; Fur-bearing animals. 194 Carnivoba Fissipedia. covered with long black and white hairs that grow much longer on the sides than on the back; and the skins are used principally for making robes, muffs and other furs. The European or Common Badg-er (Meles-taxus) is much coarser and darker than the American species; and the hairs of most of the skins of this variety are used for brush-making, although the great majority of skins used for that purpose come from American Badger. The brush manufacturers shave the skins on the leather side, then wash them in alkali to remove the grease, after which the hair is cut off close to the pelt and sorted into lengths; the longest hairs being used for graining brushes, and the medium length for shaving brushes, while the tooth brushes are made of the shortest hairs. Badgers at one time were very abundant in England, and are still found in the southern part of Great Britain. The Ratel, a small, clumsy looking creature, about the size and appearance of the Badger, is often called the Honey Badger. There are two distinct species of this animal; the (Mellivora-indica), found in India; and the (Mellivora-ratel), which has its habitat in Africa. A black Ratel, that ranges the Ituri forests, is known as the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Petersen, Marcus, 1854-. Buffalo, N. Y. , Hammond Press
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