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Prcparaliooa of, or flocking: Tor tvall-paper, from 



refBiitie <jtiill!>i. 

 Preparaf ioBi of* fiber!;* for iiiaiiiifacf tire of plii!!>h car- 



peti^. 



9. Preparation or silk of insects. 



Preparation of !«iiBk of silk-i« orms. 



Boiling the cocoons. 



Eeeling. 



Sj^inning. 



Dyeing. 



"Weaving. 



10. Preparation of soft parts of other invertebrates. 



Preparation of siflk from foyssiis of Pinna. 

 Preparation of spong^e stnflin^. 



III. PREPARATION OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPEND- 

 AGES. 



11. Currying of leather. 

 Processes of curry in§^. 



Dipping. 

 Graining. 

 Scraping. 

 Dressing. 



Implements employed by curriers. 



"Head-knivPs" 



" Pommels,'' 



" Stretching-irons." 



" Eound-knives." 



"Cleaners." 



"Maces." 



"Horses" or trestles. 



" Dressers." 



" Treading-hurdles." 



Eskimo and Indian currying* methods and imple- 

 ments, 

 methods of dressing gut and sineiv. 



