HINTS ON PAINTING MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 257 



of paint, wash it out in benzine (not turpentine), because it 

 quickly becomes clean, and dries perfectly in a moment. 



The eyes of fishes and reptiles are so peculiar, and vary so ex- 

 ceedingly, that it is a practical impossibility to provide glass 

 eyes that will be exactly right for each species. For fishes, as 

 good a way as any is to let the eye be cast in situ, and when 

 you paint the fish, paint the eye also as it should be, and when 

 dry, varnish it over with a thick coat of soluble glass or enamel 

 varnish. 



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