Mr. _Dobson_, Tanner, affirmed the Specimens were not well tanned, because they did not come up to the Colour of the Skin produced by Mr. _Henderson_, but in other Respects, the Leathers appeared, to be as good in their respective Kinds, as any tanned with Bark. Mr. _Nicholas Gibson_, Master of the Curriers, affirmed that the Skin produced by Mr. _Henderson_, was of an Extraordinary Colour; That there were not ten such in _Dublin_; That the Difference in Colour was but very small, and in regard even to Colour, would choose those tanned by the Vegetables, as soon as Mr. _Henderson_’s Skin; That all the Specimens appeared to be very well tanned, and that he could in no wise distinguish them from Bark-Tannage. Mr. _Devereux_, Currier, being sent out, returned, producing two Calves Skins tanned by Bark, which he took indifferently, and without choosing, from the next Currier’s Shop. They were allowed by all, to be of a general or common Colour; and being compared were much exceeded by the Specimens, and particularly, as to Colour. Mr. _Edmund Sheild_, Currier, said he never saw better tanned Leather, than the Specimens, that their Colour was very good and, that what tanned Numb. 5. would tann any Hyde, whatsoever. Mr. _Brookfield_, Tanner, reported the Specimens exhibited, were well tanned and thoroughly struck; that neither He, or any other could distinguish them, from Bark Tannage; and that what tanned Numb. 5, could not fail in any Tannage. Mr. _Veckers_, Tanner, allowed the Specimens to be very well tanned; and gave it, as his Opinion, that what tanned Numb. 5 and 6, would tann the thickest Sole Leather. Mr. _John Gades_, Shoemaker, after giving his Testimony, that all the Specimens appeared to be exceedingly well tanned, produced a Shoe, made by him, of the Leather of this Tannage, affirming the Leather, wrought very well, and that the Soles exhibited, under the Hammer, all the Signs of extraordinary Leather. Mr. _Ellis_, Shoemaker, reported the Specimens were very well tanned: That, Leather either dead, or highly tanned, would never carry so beautiful a Colour as Leather otherwise tanned. That, the Sole Leather appeared to be very well tanned; and that in his Opinion this Tannage, would in every respect, answer the same End, or Intentions, as Bark Tannage. Mr. _James King_, Shoemaker, said all the Specimens, were effectually tanned. Mr. _Richard Norris_, Shoemaker, produced a Sole of this Tannage, beaten; asserting he never saw so good a Sole of rais’d Calve’s Skin, that it beat firm, solid, and without spreading, or Fuzziness: which are the distinguishing Characters of good Sole Leather, he desired it might be cut in several Places, that the Closeness, and Firmness might be view’d, which accordingly was done, and answering Expectation was approved.