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TAXIDERMY AND ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTING. 



1 dozen small skinning-knives. 

 6 scalpels. 



2 claw hatchets. 

 1 saw. 



1 large skin ssraper. 

 1 geological hammer. 

 1 bull's-eye lantern. 

 1 A No. 1 field-glass. 



1 compass. 



2 brushes for arsenical soap. 



1 blow-pipe and set of egg-drills. 

 1 hydrometer and test-glass. 



1 thermometer. 



2 pairs hunting-shoes. 



3 rubber blankets. 



I double woollen blanket. 

 1 Ashanti hammock. 

 3,000 labels, three sizes. 

 1 tool-box, size 7 x 13 x 3 inches, to 

 contain the following : 



4 skinning-knives. 



2 pairs scissors. 

 1 brain hook. 

 1 pair long forceps. 

 1 pair short forceps. 

 1 pair cutting -pliers. 



1 pair flat pliers. 



2 sets skeleton-scrapers. 

 1 small skin scraper. 



1 flat file. 



2 three-cornered files. 



1 cold chisel. 



2 awls. 



1 4-inch saw (for turtles). 

 1 tape measure. 

 1 2-foot rule. 

 1 ivory thimble. 

 1 oil-stone. 



1 spool thread. 



2 dozen labels. 



C papers glover's needles. 



With this outfit I collected, in two years, more than $15,000 

 worth of salable skins, rough skeletons and skulls of mammals, 

 many of which were very large ; birds, reptiles, and fishes, espe- 

 cially the large and important species ; also fishes and fish skins 

 in alcohol and brine; crustaceans, shells, starfishes, corals, and 

 a few insects. In not a single case did I ever fail to collect a 

 desired specimen through lack of implements and preserva- 

 tives with which to care for it, and only three or four specimens 

 spoiled on my hands in course of preservation. One of these 

 was an orang skin, the last one I took, which spoiled because 

 I had to pack it up and travel with it without giving it even 

 one day's drying ; and the others were skins which spoiled while 

 I was on my back with jungle fever. 



The outfit listed above is of such a nature that for a trip 

 across Africa, South America, or even a much shorter distance 

 on foot or horseback, away from rivers and wagon-roads, it 

 would be difficult to take the whole of it. But then, on some 

 expeditions, for example, such as are made through Darkest 

 Africa, the travellers are generally glad to get through with 

 their lives, to say nothing of more cumbersome luggage, and 

 very little collecting is done. In nine cases out of ten, how- 

 ever, it is advisable to take along a good outfit, even though 



