Animal products; . ionally tanned as a matter of curiosity. Ridingwhips of bleached elephant hide were made for the Duke of * Mr. Lumleys Consular Report on Russia, 1867. + Cases 171 and 172 contain various applications of ivory, sections of mam-moth ivory, sections showing diseased ivory, Chinese carvings, chessmen,draughtsmen, turned balls, fans, &c.; Indian ivory inlaid-work, knife-handles,tablets, brush-backs, combs, hand-mirrors, and other objects of Europeanturnery work, and handles of knives made from the molar teeth of theelephant. FLESH AND HIDE OF THE ELEPHANT. 347 Edinburgh, which h
Animal products; . ionally tanned as a matter of curiosity. Ridingwhips of bleached elephant hide were made for the Duke of * Mr. Lumleys Consular Report on Russia, 1867. + Cases 171 and 172 contain various applications of ivory, sections of mam-moth ivory, sections showing diseased ivory, Chinese carvings, chessmen,draughtsmen, turned balls, fans, &c.; Indian ivory inlaid-work, knife-handles,tablets, brush-backs, combs, hand-mirrors, and other objects of Europeanturnery work, and handles of knives made from the molar teeth of theelephant. FLESH AND HIDE OF THE ELEPHANT. 347 Edinburgh, which had a resemblance to transparent horn. Thestout bristly hair on the elephants tail is made into rings, bracelets,and other female ornaments for the natives of India. In Bruces Travels, it is stated, The Abyssinians cut thewhole of the flesh off the bones of the elephant into thongs, likethe reins of a bridle, and hang these like festoons upon thebranches of trees till they become perfectly dry, without salt, and. ORNAMENTAL APPLICATION OF SCRIVELLOES OR SMALL TUSKS. then they lay them up for their provisions in the season of therains. Sparmann saw the flesh dried in a similar manner bythe Hottentots and the Boshjesman race. CHAPTER XII. PACHYDERMS, OR THICK-SKINNED ANIMALS, AND THEIR PRODUCTS. .Swine—Great value of the pig—Various breeds—Our foreign importsof pigs, bacon, hams, and pork—Extent of pig-breeding in theUnited States—Vast export products—Immense slaughter-houses—Pigs in Russia—Pork as food—Trade in laid and lard-oil—Hogskins—Bristles—Our import trade—Russia the chief sourceof supply—Statistics of Swine in various countries—Peccaries orwild hogs—Tapir—Rhinoceros—Use of its hide and horn—Hippo-potamus—Its hide, flesh, and teeth. Swine.—The pig is, of all domestic animals, that which hasbeen most modified. The discoloration of the skin, the lessening?of the hair on it, the aptitude for rapid growth and fattening, arethe results
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