Report of the Commissioner - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries . SEALING bTEAMER AT ST. JOHNS, WEIGHING SEAL PELTS AT ST. JOHNS, NEWFOUNDLAND. UTILIZATION OF THE SKINS OF AQUATIC ANIMALS. By Charlks H. Stevenson. PREFATORY NOTE. The utilization of the skins of animals is coexistent with the devel-opment of human activities. To the primeval man they were invalu-a])le. They clothed and protected his body from the weather; theysupplied him with tents, with boats, with thongs for the chase, andwith innumerable articles requiring the use of firm membranous struc-ture. Th
Report of the Commissioner - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries . SEALING bTEAMER AT ST. JOHNS, WEIGHING SEAL PELTS AT ST. JOHNS, NEWFOUNDLAND. UTILIZATION OF THE SKINS OF AQUATIC ANIMALS. By Charlks H. Stevenson. PREFATORY NOTE. The utilization of the skins of animals is coexistent with the devel-opment of human activities. To the primeval man they were invalu-a])le. They clothed and protected his body from the weather; theysupplied him with tents, with boats, with thongs for the chase, andwith innumerable articles requiring the use of firm membranous struc-ture. The development of the textile industries, however, greatlyreduced their relative importance, and spinning and weaving now toa very large extent supply the articles formerly made from the skinsof animals. While by no means so important to man as formerly,numerous uses yet exist for these products and create a demand forthem approximate!}^ equal to the present resources. The skins of most mammals are covered to a greater or less extentwith hair, which serves to protect the body against external influences,especially tha
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