216 ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES. 



Prepaa'cd fk'OBaa rcjitille sMbis. 

 Alligator leather. 



25283. Timiiecl skin of alligator (Alligator mississippienms). Upper Saint 

 John's River, Florida. G. Brown Goode. 



24791. Tanned skin o£ alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). " Russet finish." 



Schayer Bros., Boston, Mass. 



24796. Cigar-case, made from skin of alligator (Alligator missisaippiensis). 



'^ Russet finish." Schayer Bros., Boston, Mass. 



24792. Lady's satchel, made from skin of alligator (Alligator mississippien- 



sis). "Russet finish." Schayer Bros. , Boston, Mass. 

 2479o. Match-case, made from skin of alligator (Alligator mississipjnensis). 

 "Russet finish." Schayer Bros., Boston, Mass. 



24793. Slippers, made from the skin of alligator (Alligator misslasipinensis). 



"Russet finish." Schayer Bros., Boston, Mass. 



24794. Slippers, made from skin of alligator (Alligator missisaippiensis). 



"Black finish." Schayer Bros., Boston, Mass. 



26068. Riding-hoots, made from skin of alligator (Alligator miasissippienais), 



H. & A. Mahrenholz, New York City. 



Eattlesnake leather. 



24797. Dressed skin of rattlesnake (Crotalus durissua). Big Coon, Ala. J. 



H. Henderson. 

 24799. Dressed skin of rattlesnake (Crotalua duriaaua). Big Coon, Ala. J, 

 H. Henderson. 



24798. Shoes made from skin of rattlesnake (Crotalua durisaua). Big Coon, 



Ala. J. H. Henderson. 

 9043. Bow covered with skin of rattlesnake. Used hy Flathead Indians. 

 Fort Colville, W. T. Dr. J. T. Ghisslin, U. S. A. 



Other snake leather. 



26069. Boots made from skin of hoa (Boa conatridor). H. &. A. Mahrenliolz, 



New York. 



Prepared frooii fii^li-s£«:in8. 



Leather prepared from scaled fish by Indians. 



16091. Salmon-skins dressed as leather and used in making waterproof shirts 

 and hoots hy Magemut Eskimo. Nunivak Island, Alaska. W. H. 

 Dall. 



10347. Parky, or upper garment, made from the skin of codfish (?). Nuni- 

 vak Island, Alaska. W. H. Dall. 



Eel leather, made for pigtails, queues, flail-thongs. 

 Skins of eels {Anguilla vulgaris). 



25285. Eel-skins. Market, Washington, D. C. G. Brown Goode. 



These eel-skius are highly esteemed hy the Virginia negroes as a 

 cure for rheumatism. 



Sturgeon leather. 



26013. Tanned skin of sturgeon (Acipenaer ruhicundtia). Wernich & Wan- 

 del, Waukegan, ILL. 



