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half round wood ; or rub the leather down with pumice, 

 stone. 



Buff or DarJc Brown. — Take equal parts of pulver- 

 ized, unslaked lime, and litharge, and mix to a thin paste 

 with water ; apply it with a brush. One or two coats 

 will give a light buff or buckskin color, which every ad- 

 ditional coat will deepen. By adding ammonia and 

 nitrate of silver, a beautiful black color is produced. This 

 color may be so applied as to give a leopard skin appear- 

 ance, and in the hands of an ingenious person, a beautiful 

 effect can be produced. 



Another. — One oz. of crystalized nitrate of silver, eight 

 oz. carbonate ammonia, one and a half pints of rain 

 water. Cork tight. Apply to the surface of the fur with 

 a brush. One application will make a brown, and by re- 

 peating it often enough, the color may be deepened to a 

 black. 



TO DEESS FOX SKIXS. 



Commence to skin the fox by ripping down the back 

 of each hind leg until the slits meet at the crotch. Don't 

 rip up the belly, but skin the body whole. Skin the tail 

 by putting a split stick over the bone of the tail, between 

 the hide and the body. Hold it tight, so that it will 

 scrape the bone of the tail, and then pull this out of the 

 hide. Draw tlie hide over a board, made ready of a 

 width from end to end, and when it is dry, slip it off and 

 turn it fur side out ; then it is ready to sell. 



