208 IN THE INDIAN JUNGLE. 



the skins were fit to hang up. For the curing we 

 used wheat, ground to a flour with all bran and 

 husk, boiled with skimrned milk and made into a 

 paste with other ingredients, in the following pro- 

 portions : wheatmeal, 2 Ibs. ; alum, i Ib. ; wood- 

 ashes, 2 Ibs. ; skimmed milk, 4 quarts ; water, 4 

 quarts. This paste was rubbed in night and 

 morning for a fortnight, when the skins became soft 

 and free from smell. 



