INDEX. 



119 



Pinna, silk from byssus of, prepara- 

 tion of 



Pinnipedia 



Pipe-fish 



Pipettes 



Pistol-belts 



Pistols 



Pitfalls „ 



PitSj covered 



Plaited lines 



Planarians 



Plectognatbi 



Pliers ..: 



Plover 



Plucking 



Plumagery, art of 



Plumes 



Plushes 



Pocket-nets 



Pocket-traps 



Poisons 



Police-boats, oyster 



Polishing 



Polishing-powders 



Pollock 



Polyps 



Pomatums 



Pommels 



Pompano 



Ponds, fish 



Pool fish- ways 



Porcupine-fish 



Porcupines 



Porgy 



Porpoise 



Portable bridges 



Portable boats 



Potash, prussiate of 



Potassium, ferrocyanide of 



Pot -gauge swivel 



Potomac seine-boats 



Pots, try 



Pouches 



Poudrettes 



Pound-roats 



49 

 6 

 13 

 100 

 30 

 27 

 37 

 37 

 32 

 18 

 13 

 55 

 10 



48,50 

 50 

 87 

 74 

 35 

 37 

 39 

 43 

 50 

 82 

 14 

 20 

 90 

 49 

 14 

 98 

 97 

 13 



,. 8 



14 



7 



42 

 43 



78,86 

 92 

 34 

 43 

 52 

 30 

 96 

 44 



Page. 



Pound-boats of the lakes 43 



Pounds 37 



Powder-holders 30 



Powder-measures 29 



Prairie-dogs 8 



Predatory animals 98 



Preface v 



Preparation of albumen 53 



Preparation of ammunition 28 



Preparation of baits 48 



Preparation of brillantine 49 



Preparation of cochiueal colors 53 



Preparation of coral 59 



Preparation of dowu 49 



Preparation of feather fabrics 49 



Preparation of feathers 49 



Preparation of fibers for manufac- 

 ture of plush carpets 49 



Preparation of fish-scale work 52 



Preparation of food, methods of 47 



Preparation of guano 53 



Preparation of hair of mammals. . . 48 



Preparation of hard tissues 51 



Preparation of head-oil 52 



Preparation of horn and hoof 51 



Preparation of nacre 52 



Preparation of flocking from refuse 



quills 49 



Preparation of silk from byssus of 



Pinna ., 49 



Preparation of silk of insects 49 



Preparation of silk of silk-worms . . 49 



Preparation of spermaceti 52 



Preparation of sponge-stufiQng 49 



Preparation of stuffings 49 



Preparation of the skin and its ap- 

 pendages 49 



Preparation of tortoise-shell 51 



Preparation of whale-bone 49, 51 



Preparation of wool 49 



Preservation by canning and pick- 

 ling 48 



Preservation by drying 47 



Preservation of fish 47 



Preservation of fresh meats 47 



