216 ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES. 



Prepared frosn reptile skins. 

 Alligator leather. 



25283. Tanned skin of alligator (Alligator mississippiemis). Upper Saint 

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



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



Schayer Bros., Boston, Mass. 



24796. Cigar-case, made from skin of alligator (Alligator mississippiensis}. 



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



24792. Lady's satchel, made from skin of alligator (Alligator mississippien- 



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



24795. Match-case, made from skin of alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). 

 "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 mississippiemis). 



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



26068. Riding-boots, made from skin of alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). 



H. & A. Mahrenholz, New York City. 



Battlesnake 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. H. Henderson. 



9043. Bow covered with skin of rattlesnake. Used by Flathead Indians. 

 Fort ColviUe, W. T. Dr. J. T. Ghisslin, U. S. A. 



Other snake leather. 



26069. Boots made from skin of boa (Boa constrictor). H. & A. Mahrenholz, 



New York. 



Prepared from fish-skins. 



Leather prepared from scaled fish by Indians. 



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

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

 Dall. 



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

 vak Island, Alaska. W. H. Dall. 



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

 Skins of eels (Anguilla vulgaris). 



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



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

 cure for rheumatism. 



Sturgeon leather. 



26013. Tanned skin of sturgeon (Acipenser rubicundus). \Vernich & Wan- 

 del, Waukegan, 111. 



