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TAXIDERMY AND ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTING. 



These must be provided with tig-lit covers, or the salt-and-alura 

 bath will evaporate with great rapidity. 



After the above, our laboratory will require the following- 



FURNITURE AND FIXTURES. A heavy work-table, 8 feet long-, 

 4 feet wide, and 2 feet 6 inches high ; top 1| inch thick. 



A tool case and chest of drawers. 



A stove, a chopping-block, a heavy bench vise. 



A grindstone, a blacksmith's anvil, and portable forge. 



A water-tight platform on castors, on which to stand large 

 mammals that are wet and dripping. 



TOOLS. 



2 killing-knives. 



2 cartilage-knives. 



1 pair shears, and 1 pair fine scissors. 



1 draw-shave, adjustable handles. 



2 skin-scrapers, of sizes. 



3 gouges, of sizes. 

 3 chisels, of sizes. 

 1 screw-driver. 



1 2-foot rule. 

 1 tape-measure, 12 feet. 

 1 thread- cutter, for iron. 

 1 thread-cutter, for brass. 



pair pliers, of sizes. 



3 pair cutting nippers. 



4 pair forceps, of sizes. 



1 hand vise. 



1 hand drill. 



2 monkey wrenches, of sizes. 



1 ratchet brace, with bits and drills. 



4 gimlet bits, of sizes. 



1 hand-saw. 



1 key-hole saw. 



1 claw hammer. 



1 tack hammer. 



1 machinist's hammer. 



1 hatchet, to lend. 



1 sharp hatchet, to use. 



1 cold chisel. 



1 set stone-cutter's chisels. 



1 punch. 



1 tap wrench. 



1 pair calipers. 



1 set of hack saws, for iron and brass. 



1 set iron fillers, of sizes. 



1 set wooden fillers, of sizes. 



1 set modelling tools. 



1 set of files. 



1 set of paint brushes. 



1 set of brushes for hair and teeth. 



1 glue-pot. 



1 set of awls. 



1 set of glover's needles, 3 sizes. 



Best linen sewing twine, or "gilling 



thread,'' of two or three sizes. 

 1 iron thimble. 

 1 spirit-lamp, or gas-stove. 



Pails, kettles, cups, bowls, etc. 

 12 spools of Barbour's linen thread. 



MATERIALS. Excelsior ; hemp tow of two qualities, coarse and 

 fine, both of long fibre ; flax tow, such as upholsterers use ; cot- 

 ton batting ; oat straw ; potter's clay ; good glue ; plaster Paris ; 

 arsenical soap ; spirits of turpentine ; benzine ; salt by the bar- 

 rel ; ground alum by the hundredweight ; pine and hemlock 

 lumber, one to two inches thick ; 2 X 4 pine scantling ; an assort- 

 ment of annealed wire ; rods of Norway iron, from T 3 F inch to 1 

 inch ; nails, tacks, wrought-irou staples, screws, nuts, bolts, 



