50 ANIMAL KESOUECES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



11. CURRYING OF LEATHER— Continued. 



b. Implements employed by carriers: 



" Maces." 



" Horses," or trestles. 



" Dressers." 



" Treadiug-hurdles." 



c. Eskimo and Indian currying methods and implements. 



d. Methods of dressing gut and sinew. 



12. LEATHER-DRESSING. 



a. Processes of tanniug leather : 



Soaking. 



Liming. 



Tanning. 

 h. Processes of tawing or oil-dressing leather : 



Soakiug. 



Liming. 



Oiling. 

 c. Apparatus of leather-dressing, recent and aboriginal. 



13. FUR-DRESSING. 



a. Processes of fur-dressing: 

 Currying. (See under 12.) 

 Scouring. 

 Tanning. 

 Lustering. 

 Plucking and dyeing. 



14. FEATHER-DRESSING. 



a. Method of preparing ornamental feathers : 



Scouring. 



Bleaching. 



Washing. 



Azuring. 



Sulphuring. 



Scraping. 



Dyeing. !f 



1). (Art of plumagery.) * 



15. MANUFACTURE OF QUILL ARTICLES. 



a. Manufacture of quills for pens : 

 Sand-bath drying and steaming. 

 Polishing. 



