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5 Painting the Mount .... 104 

 Preparing the surface, 104 • Simple painting, 112 • 

 Painting with oils and brush, 112 • Painting with lacquer 



and airbrush, 113 • Painting the glass eye, 115 



6 Outlines and Silhouettes 116 

 Pen and ink outlines, 116 • Art board silhouettes, 118 • 

 Color combinations, 121 • Outlines burnt in wood, 125 • 

 Wood silhouettes, 128 



7 Photographs as Trophies . . 133 

 Composition and hints, 133 



8 Special Trophies ....... 142 



Fish heads preserved, 142 • Fish tails preserved, 145 • 

 Head mounts, 146 • Bills or spears of big fishes, 148 • 

 Shark jaws, 153 • Letter openers from bills, 156 



9 Amateur Fish Museums ...... 159 



Collecting the fishes, 161 • Preserving the fishes, 165 • 

 Preserving in the field, 168 • Jars for specimen display, 



169 • Organization of fish exhibits, 170 



10 Fishes in Museums of Natural History 172 

 History of museum preparation, 183 • Criteria for mu- 

 seum fish mounts, 185 • Museum field work, 188 • Big- 

 game fishes, 198 



11 Repairing Fish Mounts .... 200 

 Fins, 200 • Head, 201 • Body, 202 



12 Materials and Formulas ..... 203 

 Plaster of Paris, 204 • Sisal, 204 • Woven glass, 204 • 

 Conduit pipe, 204 • Plastics and resins, 205 • Formalin, 



206 • Sterine, 208 • Alum, 208 • Glycerin, 208 • Asbes- 

 tos, 209 • Dextrin, 209 • Whiting, 209 • Formulas, 209 



Index 213 



