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26. Sponges.! 



SpeciBBieiiis of AmaerBcana cocnmercial sipoinig'es (with the 

 diiiereut grades, and bleached sponges). 



(Specimens of Mediterranean sponges.) 



Surgical apparatus, probangs, aurilaves, " sponge-tents," and other 



instruments manufactured. 

 Spongeo-piline used as a substitute for poultices. 

 Sponges used in stuffing mattresses and cushions. 



27. Oils and fats. 

 JTEaitimal oils. 



Bear-oil and bear-fat used as a cosmetic and in the manufacture of 



pomatums. 

 Dog-oil used in the manufacture of kid gloves. 

 Seal-oil, in its various grades, used for lubricating. 



25059-60. Oil of seals (Cjjstoi}Jw7-a, Paf/ojyhylus, Pusa, and Plwea, STp.). New- 

 foundlaud. Walter Grieve & Co., St. John's, N. F. 



25081-3. Oil of seals {Cystophora, Pagophilus, Pusa, aud Plioca, sp.). J. 

 Miinn & Co., Harbor Grace, N. F. 



25979. Oil of liarbor seal {Phoca vitiilina). Capt. N. E. Atwood, Province- 

 town, Mass. 



Sea-elephant oil. 



25057. Oil of sea-elephant (Macrorhinus, sp.). Haven, Williams & Co., 



New London, Conn. 



25058. Oil of sea-elephant {Macrorhinus Iconina). South Georgia Island. 



Haven, Williams Si, Co., New Loudon, Conn. 



Sea-lion oil. 



Manatee-oil. 



Dugong-oil. 



Oil and fat from domestic animals, (tallow, suet, lard, oil used in 

 lamps, for lubricating, and neat's-foot oil used in dressing leather; 

 also, manufactured into various substances (see D, 30), and tal- 

 low candles and night-lights.) 



Oil from body of whales, grami)uses, and porpoises used in the 

 arts, for lubricating, painting, &c. 



25054. Oil of humpback whale (il/e(7apiera, sp.). Atlantic Ocean. Haven, 



Williams & Co., New London, Coun. 



25055. Oil of right-whale. Haven, Williams »feCo., New London, Conn. 



25056. Oil of sulphur-bottom whale (SihhaldUts, sj).). Haven, Williams «Sl 



Co., New London, Conn. 

 26038. Oil of beluga {Delphinapterus catodon). Renfrew & Co., Quebec. 



24894. Crude Arctic whale oil. George Delano & Co. 



24895. Bleached "winter" sperm-oil, from the s-pevm-vfhale (Physeter ma' 



crocephalus). George Delano & Co., New Bedford, Mass. 



' See under Part II of the present catalogue. 



