50 ANIMAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



11. CURRYING OF LEATHER— Continued. 



b. Implements employed by curriers : 



" Maces.'' 



" Horses," or trestles. 



" Dressers." 



" Treading-hurdles." 



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. 



Tauning. 



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. 

 Lusteriug. 

 Plucking and dyeing. 



14. FEATHER-DRESSING. 



a. Method of preparing ornamental feathers: 



Scouring. 



Bleaching. 



Washing. 



Azuring. 



Sulphuring. 



Scraping. 



Dyeing. 



b. (Art of plumagery.) 



15. MANUFACTURE OF QUILL ARTICLES. 



a. Manufacture of quills for pens : 

 Sand-bath drying and steaming. 

 Polishing. 



