MOUNTING LATCGE MAMMALS. 



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Having filled the body full, and shaped 

 it the best you can, and sewn it up at all 

 points save two, a hole between the 

 forelegs and one under the tail, now 

 piit it in final position on its pedestal, 

 and fasten it there. Having done this 

 and surveyed the scene, you w r ill ob- 

 serve that the form of the animal is 

 very faulty, and the skin not nearly 

 full enough. Something more must be 

 done. 



Unless the specimen is a seal, or some- 

 thing else with short, close hair, part 

 the hair carefully and make a long, per- 

 pendicular slit in the skin behind each 

 foreleg and in each flank, as shown in 

 Plate HI., I-I, and K-K. Through 

 these openings you can introduce your 

 metal filling tools, and also filling ma- 

 terials ad libitum, and give the interior 

 a complete overhauling. You can easily 

 push your iron filler through the straw, 

 and raise the line of the back, shoulders, 

 or hind-quarters, and lower the line of 

 the breast and abdomen until both are 

 right. Then, fill with more straw, or 

 tow, if you like now. Through those 

 holes you command the entire body of 

 the animal at every point, and now you 

 must work out your own salvation. When 

 all is finished and the body is quite full 

 and solid, sew up the openings care- 

 fully, and unite the hair over them so 

 that they will be hidden. If you are 

 careless in filling, and pull out a lot of 

 hair around each of the openings, so 

 much the worse for you. 



For full instructions in regard to work 

 on heads, see a special chapter. 



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