TREATMENT OF THE SKINS OF SMALL MAMMALS. 



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toes. That done, cut the flesh away from the bones of the leg 

 and foot, neatly and thoroughly. 



Never leave the foot of an animal unsldnned, unless it happens 

 to be a very small one, like a chipmunk, or smaller, and the 

 proper way is to skin the flesh out, even then. 



Kio. 2. A Squirrel partly Skinnod, showing Process. 



Be careful to leave all the bones of each leg attached to each 

 other by their ligaments at the joints (see left hind leg in Fig. 

 2), and to the skin itself at the toes. Never tlirow away the leg 

 bones, unless the skin you are preserving is to be kept as a pelt 



or a rug. 



Detach the skin from the back, shoulders, and neck, and 



