INDEX. 



119 



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 Pinna, silk from byssus of, prepara- 

 tion of 49 



Pinnipedia 6 



Pipe-fish 13 



Pipettes 100 



Pistol-belts 30 



Pistols 27 



Pitfalls 37 



PitSj covered 37 



Plaited lines 32 



Planarians 18 



Plectognathi 13 



Pliers 55 



Plover 10 



Plucking :.. 48,50 



Pliimagery, art of 50 



Plumes 87 



Plushes 74 



Pocket-nets 35 



Pocket-traps 37 



Poisons 39 



Police-boats, oyster 43 



Polishing 50 



Polishing-powders 82 



Pollock 14 



Polyps 20 



Pomatums 90 



Pommels 49 



Pompano 14 



Ponds, fish 98 



Pool fish- ways 97 



Porcupine-fish 13 



Porcupines 8 



Porgy 14 



Porpoise 7 



Portable bridges 42 



Portable boats 43 



Potash, prussiate of 78, 86 



Potassium, ferrocyanide of 92 



Pot-gauge swivel 34 



Potomac seine-boats 43 



Pots, try 52 



Pouches 30 



Poudrettes 96 



Pound-boats 44 



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Pound-boats of the lakes 43 



Pounds 37 



Powder-holders 30 



Powder-measures 29 



Prairie-dogs 8 



Predatory animals 98 



Preface v 



Preparation of albumen 53 



Preparation of ammunition 2R 



Preparation of baits 48. 



Preparation of brillantine 4f> 



Preparation of cochineal colors 53 



Preparation of coral 59 



Preparation of down 49 



Preparation of feather fabrics 49 



Preparation of feathers 49 



Preparation of fibers for manufac- 

 ture of plush carpets 49 



Preparation of fish-scale work 5'2 



Preparation of food, methods of 47 



Preparation of guano 53 



Preparation of hair of mammals. .. 48 



Preparation of hard tissues 51 



Preparation of head-oil 52 



Preparation of horn and hoof 51 



Preparation of nacre 52 



Preparation of flocking from refuse 



quills 49 



Preparation of silk from byssus of 



Pimm ^ 49 



Preparation of silk of insects 49 



Preparation of silk of silk-worms . . 49 



Preparation of spermaceti 52 



Preparation of sponge-stuffing 49 



Preparation of stuffings 49 



Preparation of the skin and its ap- 

 pendages 49 



Preparation of tortoise-shell 51 



Preparation of whale-bone 49, 51 



Preparation of wool 49 



Preservation by canning and pick- 

 ling 48 



Preservation by drying 47 



Preservation of fish 47 



Preservation of fresh meats 47 



