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for indoor shoes, or for shoes to be worn in cold dry weather; the skins 

 of tlie smaller seals are used, sometimes with the flesh side out and the 

 hair in, sometimes with the grain side out. These thinner skins are 

 comparatively waterproof if the black ei)idermis is allowed to remain 



Fio. 35. Eskimo ivoiimn'^ deer.skin co.tt. FiG. 36. Eskimo ■women'.s deerskin coat. 



on. The beautiful creamy-white leather, made by allowing the skin to 

 fei'ment until hair and epidermis are scraped off together and then 

 stretching the skin and exposing it to dry cold air, does not resist 

 water at all, and can oidy be used for soles in perfectly dry weather. 

 Buckskin soles are also used to enable the wearer to walk better 

 with snowshoes on, as the feet are not so liable to slip or clog witli 



