PREPARATION OF SEALSKINS. 



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CUI3S. and boat covers. This seal is \"iTy lari;i'. smiii 

 length of ten feet. Tlie ^kiii ..f tlir Lack aii<l nf tin 

 equally, and thtnetoie a piecrrovei-ing the tliiual iii 



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out before tlie rest is skinned, and the parts are dried separately. If 

 it is to be used for lines it is ciit by making girdles abont six inches in 

 width around tlie body. The hair and the Idubber are removed from 



