50 ANIMAL EESOUKCES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



11. CURRYING OF LEATHER— Continued. 



&. Implements employed by curriers : 

 " Maces." 



" Horses," or trestles. 

 '•' Dressers." 

 " Treadiug-liurdles." 



c. Eskimo and Indian currying methods and implements. 



d. Methods of dressing gut and sinew. 



12. LEATHER-DRESSING. 



a. Processes of tanning leather : 



Soaking. 



Liming. 



Tanning. 

 1). Processes of tawing or oil-dressing leather: 



Soaking. 



Liming. 



Oiling, 

 c. Apparatus of leather-dressing, recent and aboriginal. 



13. FUR-DRESSING. 



a. Processes of fur-dressing : 

 Currying. (See under 12.) 

 Scouring. 

 Tanning. 

 Lustering. 

 Plucking and dyeing. 



14. FEATHER-DRESSING. 



a. Method of preparing ornamental feathers : 



Scouring. 



Bleaching. 



Washing. 



Azuring. 



Sulphuring. 



Scraping. 



Dyeing. 

 T). (Art of plumagery.) 



15. MANUFACTURE OF QUILL ARTICLES. 



a. Manufacture of quills for pens : 

 Sand-bath drying and steaming. 

 Polishing. 



