196 ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES. 



Prepared from hair of mammals. 



Hair of horses used in weaving furniture-covers, crinoline-skirts^ 



and bags for pressing oil. 



Hair of buffalo used in plaiting ropes, lariats, &c. 

 Fur of mole used in felting. 



Beaver (castor) fur with specimens of the felt cloths, hats, &c. 

 (Neutria-fur used in felting and in the manufacture of hats.) 

 Musquash fur used in felting. 



Possum, hair with fabrics of Indian and other manufacture. 

 Fur of rabbit and hare used in felting, with specimens of hats and 



cloths. 

 Whalebone fiber used in weaving cloth covers for telescopes, &c*. 



Prepared from feathers of birds. 



Cloths woven from feather (China). 



Prepared from silk of inseets. (This collection should in- 

 clude specimens of the cocoons, the raw silk, the spun silk, and of the 

 various fabrics, plain and figured silks, satins and satinettes, shawlH, 

 damasks, brocades, crapes, and ribbons.) 

 Silk of common silk- worm (Bombyx mori). 

 Silk of Samia cecropia, Samia polyphemus, and other native American 



moths. 



(Silk of exotic moths other than Bombyx mori, such as the tussali 

 (Bombyx pernyi and Bombyx mylitta), the moonga (Saturnia a*8<i- 

 mensis), the joree (Bombyx religiosa)^ the ena or arindy (Bombyx 

 cynthid).) 



Fabrics woven by the insects themselves, as Tinea paditta. 

 Silk of spiders. 



Prepared from byssus of mollusks. 



(Fabrics woven from byssus of the wing-shell (Pinna nobilis) and 

 other mollusks.) 



