216 ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES. 



Prepared rroosi reiitiQe MkiBi!<i. 



Alligator leather. 



25283. Taniitd 8kin of alligator (Alligator mimmppiensis). Upper Saint 



John's River, Flori<la. G. IJrowu Goode. 

 24791. Tannt'il skin of alligator {AllUjalor miisnis8ippien«ls). "Russet finish." 



Schaycr Bros., Boston, Mass. 



24796. Cigar-case, made from skin of alligator {Alligator mississippiensxs). 



"Rnsset finish." Schaj'er Bros., Boston, Mass. 

 'itA7^2. Lady's satchel, made from skin of alligator (Alligator misfisaippieii' 



sis). ''Russet finish." Schayer Bros., Boston, Mass. 

 24795. Match-case, made from skin of alligator (^Alligator misaissippiemis). 



"Russet finish." Schayer Bros., Bo.ston, Mass. 



24793. Slippers, made from the skin of alligator (Alligator inissismppiensia). 



''Russet finish." Schayer Bros., Boston, Mass. 



24794. Slippers, made from skin of alligator (Alligator misaiasippiensia). 



"Black finish." Schayer Bro.s., Boston, Mass. 

 26008. Riding-hoots, made from skin of alligator (Alligator nuaaisaippicnaia). 

 H. «fe A. Mahrenholz, Now York City. 



Rattlesnake leather. 



24797. Dressed skin of rattlesnake (Crotalua durissua). Big Coon, Ala. J. 



H. Henderson. 

 24799. Dressed skin of rattlesnake (Crotalua duriasua). Big Coon, Ala. J. 

 H. Henderson. 



24798. Shoes made from skin of rattlesnake (Crotalus duriaaus). Big Coon, 



Ala. J. II. Henderson. 

 9043. Bow covered with skin of rattlesnake. Used, by Flathead Indians. 

 Fort Colville, W. T. Dr. J. T. Ghisslin, U. S. A. 



Other snake leather. 



200G9. Boots made from skin of boa (Boa constrictor). II. &. A. MahreuhoLr, 

 New York. 



Prepared irooii fi$»li-!!!ikin!ii. 



Leather prepared from scaled fish by Indians. 



16091. Salmon-skins dressed as leather and vised in making waterproof shirts 

 and boots by Magemut Eskimo. Nunivak Island, Alaska. W. II. 

 Dall. 



10347. Parky, or upper garment, made from the skin of codfish (f). Nuni- 

 vak Island, Ahiska. W. II. Dall. 



Ei'l IcallMT, made for pigtails, queues, flail-thongs. 

 Skins of eels {Anguilla vulgaris). 



25285. Eel-skins. Market, "Washington, D. C. G. Brown Goode. 



These eel-skins are highly esU'cnied by the Virginia negroes as a 

 cure fur rheuniatisui. 



Sturgeon leather. 



20013. Tanned skin of sturgeon (Acipcnaa' ruhictindna). "Wemich it Wan- 

 del, Waukegan, 111. 



