DireSfzons for Tanning, ^c. 19 



The fol1owin<r are ihe proportions ofthi:* dwarf, according 

 to mcarurcmtnf:— The whole leiig'h 2 feet J i inches. Froni 

 the foles of the feet tt> the eommenretnetit of ihe thighs gl 

 inches. Length of the f >ot 3 inches, height of the toot 2^ 

 inches: bread^th of the foot before 3 nichts. Length of 

 thearai 10 inches. Froi« the elhoA- t'> the louit ot the 

 wriii 5 inches; from the |(^nt of the wrul lo the np of the 

 middie finger a inclves. Lenaih and circumR-reiK-e of the 

 fintrer of an inch. Length and ciiicuniference of tl>e thuma 

 X inch. Dilbnce from the tip of the thumb to the tip of 

 the little finser 3 inches. Breadth ot the Oioiildcrs i foot. 

 Length of the head 9 inches. Ciroumference ot the upper 

 part of the arm 9 inches; circumtuience of the w.nit 5. inches -^ 

 ofthenecklZ inches; of the body St:th€ nipples ot the 

 breatt 2 fe-t 6 inches ; of the body at the nawl 2 teet 

 a inches ;. of the Uiigh i fool 7 inchesj .jf the ancle 9 niches. 



in. Dircaions for Tanning all Sorts of Hides and Shn, 

 according to the 7ieru} Procefs tntrrJneed by. Mr. W. Des- 

 mond . Cornmunic.i ted by the Author. 



5 J j^ Isew P jlacc Yard, Sept. 1 6- 



1 AM flattered to find that vou approve of the Diretlions for 

 Tanning; it is certainly my' with that this prooeis fliould be 

 as ffcnerallv known and praaifed as potSble. The extent 

 and"! uccefs with which it is and has b.cn carried on dnrin^ 

 the latt three or four vears by fomc of the principal tanners 

 in VVarwicklhire, Staifordthire, and other neighbouring 

 counties, niav be fuificieat inducements to all tanners to 

 make the experiment, and convince thenifelvcs that lea- 

 ther, equal if not I'upcvlor in quality to the beft hitherto 

 known, niav be mauufa6lured in about as miny days as it 

 generally requires months to tan it well in the ulual way, and 

 with lets expcnfe of labour. 



Tanners in beeinning the new procefs are apt to be (tartleii 

 at the quantity ot bark which it feems to require ; but a Little 

 rcfleaion and experience foon'fatisfy them that, whatever 

 mode they adopt, the fame quaniity of bark is necefiary to 

 lan a pound or anv given weieht of leather, and that the 

 bark is much Icfs liable to hi; watted or loll in the new than 

 in the (lovenly r)ld mode: thev alio find that, by proper riia- 

 raginuent, thev can give their hides an additiuuul weight, 



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