50 ANIMAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES. 
11. CURRYING OF LEATHER—Continued. 
b. Implements employed by curriers: 
“¢ Maces.” 
“ Horses,” or trestles. 
“ Dressers.” 
“ Treading-hurdles.” 
ce. 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. 
b. 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. 
Sulpburing. 
Scraping, 
Dyeing. 
b. (Art of plumagery.) 
15. MANUFACTURE OF QUILL ARTICLES. 
a. Manufacture of quills for pens: 
Sand-bath drying and steaming. 
Polishing. 
