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27. OILS AND FATS— Continued, 

 1). Bird-oils : 



Goose-oil used by watch-makers, and as an emollient. 



(Oil of guacharo, (Steatomis caripensis,) used in South Amer- 

 ica as food.) 



(Ostrich used for food, and by the Arabs iu medicine, and 

 emu-oil used iu Australia in medicine.) 



(Oil of penguin, (Diomedea chilensis,) of Falkland Islands, 

 sold in London for currying leather.) 



(Peacock's fat and oil.) 



(Oil of mutton-bird, (Procellaria obscura,) of Bass's Straits, 

 used for lamp-oil illuminating.; 



(Oil of frigate-bird, (Tachypetes aquila,) sometimes used in 

 medicine.) 



Oil of pigeon, (Eclopistes migratorius,) used as food by In- 

 dians and frontiersmen. 



(Fulmar-oil from island of Saint Kilda.) 

 o. Eeptile oils : 



Alligator-oil manufactured in Florida. 



(Alligator-oil used by South American Indians, mixed with 

 chica pigment for painting their bodies.) 



Turtle-oil made from turtle-eggs, used in dressing leather 

 and in manufacture of soap. 



Eattlesnake and other snake oils. 

 d. Fish-oils : 



Sun-fish oil used by fishermen for cure of rheumatism. 



Cod-oil, also cod-liver oil used in medicine, as a food and 

 emollient, and in lubricating. 



Hake and haddock liver oil used in adulterating cod-liver oil. 



(Pollock-oil used by Shetlanders for illumination.) 



Menhaden -oil used in currying leather, in rope making, for 

 lubricating, for adulterating linseed-oil, as a paint-oil, and 

 exported to Europe for use in the manufacture of soap and 

 for smearing sheep. 



Herring-oil. 1 



White-fish oil. 1 



Sturgeon-oil. 1 

 (/Note. — These oils, with other oils made from fishes, and a large part of the seal 

 and "hlack" -whale oil, are known indiscriminately as fish-oil and used chiefly for the 

 purposes enumerated under the head of menhaden-oil.) 



