Note 409 — Chapter VI · CAMELS-WOOL AND CAMELS-HAIR.
Reading edition
Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, vol. i. p. 241, 242.
It is customary in many parts of the East, as it was in Mexico in the time of Cortes (See Part Third, Chapter I.) to use the hair of various animals in embroidering garments. The Candian women even embroider with their own hair, as well as that of animals, with which they make splendid representations of flowers, foliage, &c.: they also insert the skins of eels and serpents.
According to M. de Busson, the negresses of Senegal, embroider the skins of various beasts, representing figures, flowers, and animals, in every variety of color.