. Report of the Commissioner for the year ending June 30, 1902. MANATEE LEATHER. SEAL SEA-LION LEATHER. LEOPARD SEAL LEATHER. tJTlUZATlON OF THE SKINS OF AQUATIC ANIMALS. 327 AQUATIC LEATHERS. GENERAL REVIEW. The crude skins and hides of aquatic as well as of land animals areeasih^ putrescible when left in a green state, and if dried they lacksuppleness, and are hard, unpliable, and almost impermeable to , on the contrary, is one of the most imperishable of animalproducts, and is supple and porous to a greater or less extent accord-ing to the process of manufacture. To tra
. Report of the Commissioner for the year ending June 30, 1902. MANATEE LEATHER. SEAL SEA-LION LEATHER. LEOPARD SEAL LEATHER. tJTlUZATlON OF THE SKINS OF AQUATIC ANIMALS. 327 AQUATIC LEATHERS. GENERAL REVIEW. The crude skins and hides of aquatic as well as of land animals areeasih^ putrescible when left in a green state, and if dried they lacksuppleness, and are hard, unpliable, and almost impermeable to , on the contrary, is one of the most imperishable of animalproducts, and is supple and porous to a greater or less extent accord-ing to the process of manufacture. To transform the crude skinsinto leather is the business of the tanner and the currier; the formerremoves the tendency to putrefaction and incidentally increases itsstrength, durability, and imperviousness to water, and the currierrenders it soft and pliable and at the siame time imparts to it such finishand coloring as suit the special purposes for which it is intended. Leather is made from the skins of practically all the aquatic mam-mals and of some species of fishes; but at the present time,
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