FUR-LINED CLOAKS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 186, 16 June 1879, Page 2

FUR-LINED CLOAKS.

Pur-lined cloaks are just'now very abundant and fashionable in London, The skins used for this purpose are of various kinds. The commonest of all is that of rabbit, imported from Lissa, in Polaj M where they are dressed by the fuvrii | and manufactured into lining) for c. Bs. Besides rabbit skins, many cloaks Bre lined with what they called '' squi Al bellies." These areJ.itaily"~*~ bclliesl&.sipirrels.- Tliereimimals are skinned in a peculiar manner so as to make the most of the fur. The squirrels used for this purpose are of various kinds and prices. The most expensive spuirrel is the Siberian squirrel. The general polor , of this is blue, somo light blue, soma dark blue ; the dark blue are the most valuable particularly if it is void of the red stripe down the back. These squirrels are killed by thousands in Siberia ; they aro mostly | shot with a small bullet, Those from Swed- | en and Norway are caught in traps. Squirrels aro also imported in large numbers, especially from Kasan, in Russia but they are rather inferiar to other sorts. Cats are largely cultivated in Holland, especially for their skins. Tho fur of the is very long and soft as compared f English cat, the fur of which is hard and wiry. The best Dutch cats are black. A good skin of jet-black color is worth half-a-guinea. It is very remarkable how fashions set by English ladies influence wild and taine animals even in the most distant parts of the world.