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and about the hoo&, claws, and tail. It should 

 then be laid out to dry for a day or -two ; and, 

 on a second examination, where any moisture 

 appears, it must be absorbed by a cloth, and 

 more powder applied, until it is quite dry. 



The skin may now be stuffed with cotton, &c. 

 and sewn up, to keep it in some degree in its na- 

 tural form : or it may be rolled up and packed 

 in canvass, and stowed away in a case or bar- 

 rel. The bides of large animals, as oxen, seals, 

 &c- &C. are often brought from remote parts 

 with no other preparation than salt. 



When the preservative powder is used, the 

 operator should be very careful not to leave any 

 of it about, least a domestic animal should get 

 to it and eat it. I once lost a beautiful monkey, 

 which was poisoned by licking up a portion that 

 was incautiously left. 



