LEATHER GOODS. 103 



In the Romensk and Pereyaslavsk districts of the government of Poltava the 

 village furriers carry on a great trade in sheepskin dressing and the manufacture 

 of sheepskin coats and jackets, which they cut and trim to suit the taste of their 

 customers and the demands of tlie market. The trimming consists of braid, embroi- 

 dery, common sorts of Astrakhan or other cheap fur. The price of tliese fur coats 

 and jackets ranges from 9 to 12 roubles, according to theii' quality, and sometimes 

 reaches 27 roubles. Quantities of these goods are sent fi'om Berezna to Dobrianka in 

 the Goroduiansk district and to Homel in the government of Moghiliev. Besides this 

 the village sheepskin dressing trade is carried on in a small way in Eeshetilovka in 

 the government of Poltava and in Koropa in the Krolevetsk district. 



The sheepskin coat trade has existed for a very long time in tlie Kanevsk 

 district of the government of Kiev, the village of Bogouslav having almost the monop- 

 oly and containing 180 household furriers. They obtain their raw material from 

 the Little Eussia fairs and dispose of their goods, valued at about 60,000 roubles 

 a year, at the local markets. The fur-dressing trade is carried on in some districts 

 of the government of Penza, in those places where leather dressing exists as a vil- 

 lage industry. The village Eamzay in the district of Penza is among other places, 

 noted for its sheepskin and fur-dressing trade. 



