B. Baboons. See Apes. Bacon, how cured, 110 Badger, description and habits of, and how caught, 54, 55 ----, uses of flesh, skin, hair, and fat, 54 Basse, description and use of, 204 Bats, description and uses of, 13 ---- Vampire bat, use of its hair, 14 Bear, common, description of, and how caught, 51, 52 ---- ----, uses of skin, flesh, fat, oil, intestines, and bones, 52 Bear, white or polar, description of, and uses of skin, flesh, fat, and tendons, 52 Beaver, description of, and uses of skin, hair, castor, flesh, and teeth, 59 Beef, 94 Bees, description, uses, and management of, 237 Bees'-wax, what it is, how prepared, and uses of, 237 Bison, American, description of and uses of, flesh, tongue, tallow, horns, skin, and hair, 99 Bittern, description of, and uses of flesh and claws, 164 Blackbird, 135 Black game, 155 Bleak, description and uses of, 224 Blistering plasters, of what made, 230 Bloodhound, description and uses of, 29 Blood, uses of, 96 Boa, great, 185 Bonito, description and use of, 206 Botargue, or botargo, of what and how made, 204, 206 Brawn, what it is, and how prepared, 110 Brill, description and use of, 199 Bristles of swine, uses of, 111 Buck-skin, what it is, and uses of, 80 Buffalo, description of, and uses of milk, flesh, skin, and horns, 100 ----, Cape, description of, and uses of flesh and hide, 100 Buff leather, what it is, 100 Bulfinch, 135 Bull-dog, description and use of, 30 Burbot, description of, how caught, and use of, 197 Bustard, description and uses of, and particulars respecting, 161 Butter, how made, uses of, and impositions respecting, 94 Buttermilk, uses of, 94