216 ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES. 



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Alligator leather. 



25283. Tanned skin of alligator {Alligator mississipjnensia). Upper Saint 

 John's River, Florida. G. Brown Goodo. 



24791. Tanned skin of alligator {Alligator mississippiensis). "Russet finish." 



Scliaycr Bros., Boston, Mass. 



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



"Russet finish." Sohayer Bros., Boston, Mass. 



24792. Lady's satehel, made from skin of alligator {Alligator nmsissippien- 



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

 24795. Match-case, made from skin of alligator {Alligator mississi2)piensis). 

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



24793. Slippers, made from the skin of alligator {Alligator mississippiensis). 



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



24794. Slippers, made from skin of alligator {Alligator mississippiensis). 



"Black finish." Schayer Bros., Boston, Mass. 

 260j8. Riding-boots, made from skin of alligator {Alligator mississippiensis). 

 H. & A. Mahrenholz, New York City. 



Eattlesuake leather. 



24797. Dressed skin of rattlesnake {Crotalus durissus). Big Coon, Ala. J. 



H. Henderson. 

 24799. Dressed skin of rattlesnake {Crotalus durissus). Big Coon, Ala. J. 

 H. Henderson. 



24798. Shoes made from skin of rattlesnake {Crotalus durissus). 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. 



26069. Boots made from skin of boa {Boa constrictor). II. & A. Mahrenholz, 

 New York. 



Prepared ITroDaa fish-§ikin§. 



Leather prepared from scaled fish by Indians. 



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

 and boots by Magcmut Eskimo. Nunivak Island, Alaska. W. H. 

 Dall. 



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

 vak Island, Alaska. AV. H. Dall. 



Eel leather, made for pigtails, queues, flail-thongs. 

 Skins of eels {Anguilla vulgaris). 



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



These eel-skins are highly esteemed by the Virginia negroes as a 

 cure for rheumatism. 



Sturgeon leather. 



26013. Tanned skin of sturgeon {Acipcnser ruhicundus). Wernich & Wan- 

 del, Waukegan, lU. 



