INDEX. 



119 



Page. 

 Pinna, silk from byssus of, prepara- 

 tion of 49 



Pinnipedia 6 



Pipe-fish 13 



Pipettes 100 



Pistol-belts 30 



Pistols 27 



Pitfalls 37 



Pits, covered 37 



Plaited lines 32 



PlanaTians 18 



PlectognatM 13 



Pliers 55 



Plover 10 



Plucking 48,50 



Plumagery, art of 50 



Plumes 87 



Plushes 74 



Pocket-nets : 35 



Pocket-traps 37 



Poisons 39 



Police-boats, oyster 43 



Polishing 50 



Polishing-powders 82 



Pollock 14 



Polyps 20 



Pomatums 90 



Pommels 49 



Pompano 14 



Ponds, fish 98 



Pool fish- ways 97 



Porcupine-fish 13 



Porcupines 8 



Porgy 14 



Porpoise > 7 



Portable bridges 42 



Portable boats 43 



Potash, prussiate of 78, 86 



Potassium, ferrocyanide of 92 



Pot-gauge swivel 34 



Potomac seine-boats _.. 43 



Pots, try 52 



Ponches 30 



Poudrettes 96 



Pound-boats , 44 



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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 brillautine 49 



Preparation of cochineal colors 53 



Preparation of coral 59 



Preparation of down 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-stuffing 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 



