THK OOLOGIS'J-. 



Rapid Taxidermy at Home. This is the season to learn. 



Av^r-1 f f )aff^i9{'vrf ^iS/ v g p^ >9Ps r^n^t1 ! ri1 i n IS^^^> if youg<j upon an outinKor reraalaat 



V HSS^^^^^^IS^^^^^^^^m ^^^ hunie. you need my simple and easily 



^1 i ^^^J^f^^'^^t ' l^^^ ^ ^^^^^ i ^m ^^ undertood process of taxiderTny. A child 



^fil BMlJ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Til I5?K can comprebeud it in one attciupt. No 



tools required excepting a knife. Hie and 

 wire. Less than one-third of the work 

 of the old process and le-is than one- 

 tenth of the expense. Ten persons can 

 letirn togrther as well as One or two and 

 reduce the cost to nothing. 



Uirds. Mammals, Heids and Horns 

 and Fish-beads can be preserved as sou- 

 venirs of a day's pleasure, and as dec- 

 orations of house, den or office. 

 If you do not care to preserve your 



game, the beautiful plumage of a wood- 



•sAyiWll I Ij! !9||IM)'nHKjJ|H|^Bf /'////// Mi i ' pJKK^ / eock or grouse, or the ouck's or pike's 

 ViMiJ I M IM«\i W^^BBP^ 7 r \\ i ' fSt^ / heads, let your wife and children take 

 r\JMiJ»l . K (MllllllllmW H ^mu nil l(> i , imir^ l up the pleasing and instructive work. 



Anyone can take up this agreeable work 

 and become expert. You cannot fail. 

 Satisfacticn is guaranted. Boys and 

 girls can make money at home. 



If you will agree to mount a bird or 

 any animal and set it on the peak 

 of the roof of the barn or house, or on a 

 limb of a tree exposed to the weather, I 

 will send .you full instructions and ma- 

 terials for" mounting 50 birds, heads, etc. 

 Together with directions for preserving skins and pelts with hair on, for rugs, robes and hang- 

 ings; all for 50 cents. This offer holds good until February 1, 1898. Mention Oologist and 

 address 



MORRIS GIBBS, M. D., Kalamazoo, Mich. 



MISS PAB 



rUORC THAN HALF A MILLION OF 

 THEM HAVE BEEN SOLD. 



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