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with sand. It is because of such practices and because 

 the Chinese better understand their own people that 

 the European dealers in the East ha\e their own 

 Chinese buyers as a tr< "-between. 



It is a matter of from six months to a year alter the 

 hides are shipped from the East before they reach us, 

 so that we are oblii;;ed to anticipate our requirements 

 far in advance in order to secure the most satistactory 

 selection. 



