Department Circular 135, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate I. 



BI4ITM 



Fig. I. — Beaver Skins. 



A, Plucked, as the skin comes Irom the hands of the fur dresser; £, Unplncked, as the skin dresser 



receives i t 



BI423M 



Fig. 2. — Dressed Muskrat Skin. 



This skin is in the natural state. Plucked and clipped skins are shown in Plate II. 



