214 ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES. 



licatlier prepared from inaiBinial skin§. 



Series of diflerent leathers illuslrating the manufacture of glo^'es. 



Which by the hand is rubbed upon the skin. 



Perch hung until the ochcr's well wrought in 



And deeply set, producing a soft, mellow, 



Golden, enduring, iuei'asive yellow. 



This buffing named. The process next to bring 



The manufacture through is finishing. 



A horizontal shaft, firm overlaid 



With emery, and by machinery made 



To turn, elaborates the skin placed on 



To perfect smoothness, and the work is done.' 



"The manufacture of the difterent kinds and styles of gloves is becom- 

 ing divided up so that many of our leading manufacturers are making a 

 specialty of some particular kind of gloves. Some make exclusively 

 heavy buckskin gloves and mittens ; others make exclusively sheep-skin 

 gloves and gauntlets ; others, lined kid glovesof variouskinds and styles; 

 others, unlined kid and antelope or castor gloves and ladies' gauntlets, 

 thus enabling them to pay strict attention to their particular branch, 

 and reaching the highest degree of perfection attainable at this age and 

 stage of the business. 



"Marked progress is yearly made in this industry, and it is predicted 

 that in no distant future the finest gloves made in the world will be made 

 here in the two villages of Johnstown and Gloversville, N. Y." 



Porpoise leather. 



Beluga lather dressed as kid, sole, harness, velvet, iDlush, boot, 

 mail-bag, belt, and patent (varnished) leather. 



26018. Tanned skin of beluga {DelpMnapterus catodon). G. R. Renfrew &, 



Co., Quebec. / 



26019. Lace leather, " Rivi(5re du Loup en has." Manufactured from the skin 



of beluga {DelpMnapterus catodon), by the Gulf Porpoise Fishing 

 Company. 



Beaver leather, used in manufacture of saddles, shoes, gloves, and 



trunks. 

 Eat leather, used for thumbs of kid gloves. 

 Leather trimmings, used as stuffing for balls, &c. 



Prepared from mtestines of mammals. 



Parchment from viscera of seals, used by Eskimos for clothing, bags, 

 and blankets. ' 



6559. Intestine of seal. Used for waterproof clothing. Cook's Inlet. Dr. 



T. T. Minor. 

 5570. Intestine of seal. Used for waterproof clothing. Yukon River. W. 



H. Dall. 

 6559. Intestine of seal. Prepared and used for clothing. Dr. T. T. Minor. 

 20802. Prepared seal-gut for waterproof dresses. Sitka, Alaska. J. G. Swan. 

 See also numerous garments of this material disjilayed in the Eth- 

 nological division. 



