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PreparatioBi of, or flocking^ for walfl-paper, from 

 refiifeie quills. 



Preparation of flberii$ for manufacture of plush car- 

 pets. 



9. Preparation of silk of insects. 



Preparation of silk of silk-i« orms. 



Boiling the cocoons. 



Eeeling. 



Spinning. 



Dyeing. 



"Weaving. 



10. Preparation of soft parts of other invertebrates. 



Preparation of silk from byssus of Pinna. 

 Preparation of spong^e stufiing^. 



III. PREPARATION OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPEND- 

 AGES. 



11. Currying of leather. 



Processes of currying. 



Dipping. 

 Graining. 

 Scraping. 

 Dressing. 



Implements employed by currierfs. 



"Head-knivps," 



" Pommels,*' 



" Stretching-irons." 



" Eound-knives." 



" Cleaners." 



"Maces." 



" Horses " or trestles. 



" Dressers." 



" Treading-hnrdles." 



Eskimo and Indian currying methods and imple- 



finents. 

 inethods of dressing gut and sine^T. 



