STRANGE CARGOES
What queer cargoes are in some of the ships captured by the Navy! One of the strangest-looking lots recently offered on behalf of the Admiralty was 29 barrels containing 8000 “pickled sheep pelts,’’ taken from two German ships. They were the skins of sheep with the wool removed, and were intended to be made into parchment.-
Writers during the ages have used the skins of most domestic animals as writing material, even those of cattle, pigs, and donkeys, whose hides, generally reserved for bindings, have been employed lor the leaves of account books and others destined for rough usage.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 13240, 16 January 1941, Page 2
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101STRANGE CARGOES Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 13240, 16 January 1941, Page 2
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