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12. Leather dressing. 

 Processes of tanning leather. 



Soaking. 



Liming. 



Tanning. 



Pi*oce§§es of taiymg^ or oil-dre@sing leather. 



Soaking. 



Liming. 



Oiling. 



Apparatd!^ ofleather-dres^ing^, reeent and aborii^inal. 



13. Fur-dressing. 



Processes of* fwr-dressing. 



Currying. (See under 12.) 



Scouring. 



Tanning. 



Lustering. 



Plucking and dyeing. 



14. Feather-dressing. 



Method of preparing^ ornamental feathers* 



Scouring. 



Bleacliing. 



Washing. 



Azuring. 



Sulphuring. 



Scraping. 



Dyeing. 



(Art of pltimag^ery.) 



15. Manufacture of quill articles. 

 Manufactnre of quills for pens. 



Sand-bath drying and steaming. 



Polishing. 



Dyeing. 



Shaping. 



Manufacture of tooth-picks. 

 Manufacture of floats and other articles. 

 Manufacture of quill brush-bristles. 



10. Hair and avool work. 



