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Removing surplus water from the hide after washing by 

 working it on a setting-out machine. The hides are run 

 through powerful rollers which remove every trace of water 



The workman below is removing flesh from the hide by- 

 putting it through a flushing machine. This is as im- 

 portant and dimcult an operation as removing the hair 



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