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i. What are the animals the skins of which are principally 
prepared for use ? is any fish-skin used ? 2. In what manner 
are they removed from the animals ? and what instruments 
are employed for the purpose ? 3. Which of them have the 
hair left upon them ? and in what manner are they prepared 
or dressed ; is the hairy side dressed, or treated in any par¬ 
ticular manner ? 4. If the hair is removed, in what manner 
is this effected ? and how are the hides tanned or prepared ? 
5. What are the ingredients used for dressing them ? and 
how administered ? 6. Are the inner sides of the skins scraped 
or curried ? and if so, with what kind of instruments ? 7. Is 
any beating process employed so as to render the leather 
supple ? 8. Is the preparation of leather the work of the 
men or the women ? 9. Is the leather dyed, or its surface in 
any way ornamented or varnished ? (In the case of shagreen, 
this is done by means of hard seeds being incorporated in the 
body of the leather. In the case of morocco leather, the 
grain is produced by crumpling the leather.) 
10. Are any skins used for holding liquids, like wine-skins ? 
if so, what are they ? and how prepared ? 11. Are raw hides 
used, either whole or in pieces or strips ? and how applied ? 
(No. IX.) 12. For what purposes are the different kinds 
of leather chiefly used ? and are they dressed in any way for 
the sake of preserving them while in use? 13. Are any 
portions of the human skin, such as scalps, prepared in any 
way by drying or otherwise ? and if so, how and under what 
circumstances ? 
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No. XI.—POTTERY. 
1. Is pottery made by the natives? or, if imported, from 
whence ? 2. Are there any traditions as to its origin ? 3. 
What are the kinds of clay employed ? 4. Are any other 
substances mixed with the clay ? 5. Are the vessels turned 
on the wheel ? 6. Are any moulds used to fashion the bases 
of the vessels, eg, baskets, gourds ? 7. How is a vessel 
made ? by the addition of small pieces of clay to an existing 
