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bleached either by the sun (which is the best bleacher) 

 or in the bleaching-room, then dried off and paired. 



After washing, the skins, which so readily absorb the 

 water, are wrung out by the wringer : this machine, a 

 revolving disc, is very efficacious, and saves a great deal 

 of labour. 



For dyeing, logwood, galls, etc., are used. Sheep- 

 skins are dj-ed black, brown, and grey, and also many 

 fancy colours. The black colour is rather dull com- 

 pared with that of the Goat. 



Long-woolled Sheep-skins are very curly, and are 

 used for fringes, lamp mats, tassels for opera cloaks, 

 etc., and many are exported to the Continent. 



The short-woolled skins are used for door mats, carriage 

 mats, etc., and the shortest of all are used for saddle- 

 cloths for the Household Cavalry and Hussars. 



Many skins of not so good a quality, called Butchers' 

 skins, are sold in London. Many thousand woolled 

 skins are also imported annually from the Australian 

 colonies. 



The Tabernacle of the Israelites was covered with 

 Eam skins dyed red. 



The collars of most of the French dray horses are 

 covered with dyed blue Sheep-skins, which seem to 

 correspond well with the round form of the French 

 horse. 



A good Lincoln Eam will fetch from £8 to £15 when 

 alive, and one was even known to realize 25 guineas. 



The skins of English Lambs are very soft and thick 

 in the wool, and many are used for boas (so-called 

 Lapland boas), and a few for rugs. 



The skins of Slink Lambs, that is, those that are still- 

 born, or die soon after birth, are used for glove-linings, 

 and trimmings and linings of shoes. The English skins 



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