TAWING, OR WHITE LEATHER DRESSING 165 



Spread the hide, stretched flesh side up, in a shady place, and 

 cover it with a coating of solution. When dry, continue as before 

 until the flesh is white ; then it is " tanned " through. Cover the hide 

 with bran to remove salt. Soften by rubbing over a shovel-blade or 

 by beating with a club. Large skins should be softened during the 

 drying. Of course it would be best to thoroughly clean before apply- 

 ing the solution, but for experiments I have dressed rabbits' skins 

 without even washing them, and they have come out all right. This is 

 the only preparation that I have successfully dressed cavies' skins 

 with. J. E. Knight. 



Newport, Monmouthshire. 



