SKINS.
Skind, . . . . DAN. Charm, . . . . PERS.
Yellen, . . . . DLTT. I relies , PoRT.
Peaux, FR. I Charma, . . . SANHK.
Felle, GER. I Pieles , SP Chamra, . . . HIND. Skinn , Sw Pelli, IT. Tol, Tolu, . Tam., TEL.
Kulit-balulang, MALAY. Deri, This term is applied iu commercial language to the skins of calves, deer, goats, lambs, etc., which, when prepared, are nsed in the lighter works of bookbinding, the manufacture of gloves. parchment, etc. ; while the tertn hides is applied to the skins of the ox, horse, etc., which, when tanned, are used in the manufacture of shoes, harness, etc. The exports of India have greatly in creased in value, from Rs. 30,30,890 in 1851-52 to Rs. 1,95,40,032 in 1882-83. In India, the hides of the bison, sainbur, bullock, horse, cow, sheep, goat, kid, dog, and iguana are all tanned. Iguana skins aro tanned mid dyed black, or are left of their natural colour. They are thin, even, soft, tough, and granular, green-like in external appearance. From the absence of gloss, the appearance of this leather is not in its favour, but it bids fair to be a durable article for light slippers, and a good covering for the commoner kinds of instrument boxes, such as are still done over with shagreen. Sheep and kid skins are tanned white for the better kind of gloves, and for the purpose of the apothecary. Python skin, when tanned, makes excellent boots, much prized in England for their strength, pliability, and great beauty, as they are handsotnely marked.
They are pliable and easy to fit, perhaps owing to the accommodating nature of the snake's skin when in a live state. Boots of Norwegian manu facture are made frotn the skin of a salmon. In certain of the Southern States of America, the skins of young alligators are tanned, convei:ted into leather, and the leather manufactured intc boots. Thcy are for sale in many shops in Lon don. The religious Hindu student sits on the skin of an antelope or tiger, and in the south ol India the same is used for weddings. Skins were exhibited at the Lahore Exhibition from the hills around Kangra and Simla. The sable from Russia, and the Karakuli lambskins of Bokhara, had been imported. Karakuli are so called from Karakul, a province 20 cos south of Bokhara. They are lambskins with the hair on ; as much as 10 lakhs' worth are exported to Persia, Tartary, Kabul, and India ; other districts of Bolthara produce them, but all are called Karakuli. The soft black lambskins of Karakul are immensely prized for making postins and for coats. They are prepared by taking the skins of the young lambs immediately on their being born. This of course is an expensive method, and the skins are proportionately high-priced. See Hides.