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these materials, which have been much approved on account of 

 their durabihty, and not being Hable to be damaged by vi^et 

 Hke leather. There is good reason to suppose that when the 

 manufacture is farther advanced, a great variety of fancy 

 whips, as well as whip-lashes, will be made with equal advantage 

 and economy. The artificial gum-elastic ivory is certainly a 

 very suitable article for the mountings of such articles. 



BUFFALO, AND IMITATION B U FF A L O- RO B E S. 



BufFal6 robes are much improved and protected from wet by 

 being covered on the flesh side of the skin with a lining of napped 

 fabric. A good substitute for the buffalo-robe is also made by 

 lining a heavy woolen drugget with napped caoutchouc cloth, 

 or plating the drugget with gum-elastic. 



FEED-BAGS, 



Which are used by teamsters for feeding horses, are manufac- 

 tured of plated fabrics, or perforated vegetable leather. When 

 made of the former material, they may also be used for watering 

 the horse ; and when made of the perforated fabric, they may 

 be recommended in preference to those made of close- woven 

 canvas, on account of the free admission of air to the horse 

 while feeding. 



HOOP-SHOES. 



These are made of vegetable leather, or of non-elastic com- 

 pound, in moulds, after the method of gum-elastic hollow-ware. 

 They are a useful and convenient article for protecting the feet 



