CHAPTEK XXVH. 



MOUNTING LOBSTEES AND CKABS. 



THE following directions were written from the mounting 1 of 

 a large lobster, but apply equally to all crustaceans large 

 enough to be stuffed. 



1. Remove the shell of the back (carapax) in one piece, by 

 cutting under its lower edges, and with steel bone-scrapers 

 clean out all the flesh from the body and tail. 



2. Take a long, stiff wire (about No. 10 for a lobster), flatten it 

 out at one end, and bend up a quarter of an inch of it, to form a 

 scraper with a sharp chisel edge. Insert this in the legs (or 

 " walking feet "), one by one, and clean out all the flesh they 

 contain, quite to their tips. With a strong syringe inject 

 water into each leg to thoroughly wash out the inside. 



3. Take off the " movable claw " from the " big pincer," also 

 make a hole in the joint at A (Plate XV.), and through these two 

 openings remove all the flesh from the large claws, and syr- 

 inge them out. 



4. Having thoroughly cleaned the specimen, either soak it in 

 some liquid poison, such as arsenic water (the easiest to pre- 

 pare by dissolving arsenic in boiling water), or a corrosive 

 sublimate solution, or else poison it by injecting diluted arseni- 

 cal soap into the legs, claws, and body with a syringe. 



5. Insert in each leg and claw a soft wire of zinc, galvanized 

 iron, or brass, and bend the end in the body at very nearly a 

 right angle (B-B). In large specimens the wire should be 

 wrapped smoothly with a little tow, so that the claws will not 

 be loose upon it. 



6. Insert a wire in each feeler as far up as possible, and let 

 the lower end extend well down into the body. To hold the 

 specimen on its pedestal, take another wire, as long as the en- 



