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 26. SPONGES. 1 



Specimens of American commercial sponges (with the 

 different 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. 



IHammal oils* 



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



pomatums. 



Bog-oil used in the manufacture of kid gloves. 

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



25059-60. Oil of seals (Cystophora, Pagophylus, Pusa, an&PTioca, sp.). New- 

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



25031-3. Oil of seals (Cystopliora, Pagophilus, Pusa, and Phoca, sp.). J. 

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



25979. Oil of harbor seal (Phoca vitulma}. Capt. N. E. Atwood, Province- 

 town, Mass. 



Sea-elephant oil. 



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



New London, Conn. 



25058. Oil of sea-elephant (MacrorTiinus leonina). South Georgia Island. 



Haven, Williams & Co., New London, Conn. 



Sea-lion oil. 



Manatee-oil. 



Dugong-oil. 



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

 lamps, for lubricating, and neatfs-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, grampuses, and porpoises used in the 

 arts, for lubricating, painting, &c. 



25054. Oil of humpback whale (ATegaptera, sp.). Atlantic Ocean. Haven, 



Williams & Co., New London, Conn. 



25055. Oil of right-whale. Haven, Williams & Co., New London, Conn. 



25056. Oil of sulphur-bottom whale (Sibbaldius, sp.). Haven, Williams & 



Co., New London, Conn. 

 26038. Oil of beluga (Ddpliinapterus catodon}. Renfrew & Co., Quebec. 



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



24895. Bleached "winter" sperm-oil, from the sperm-whale (Physcter ma- 



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



1 See under Part II of the present catalogue. 



