178 TAXIDERMY AND ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTING. 



of smearing* a lot of nasty lamp-black in the eyes of every 

 mounted mammal, for what purpose no one knows but possi- 

 bly in imitation of actresses, some of whom have the same un- 

 accountable trick, and a hideous one it is in its results, in both 

 cases. There is only one point in its favor it is the easiest 

 way in the world to give an animal a black eye. 



