The clay model of Cnliiih. Makiiiu' I hi' iiiodfl is the lest of till" sculptor's power of accurate work. 

 It is liased on studies of liviiiji liii)i)()s. ijrevious measurements of the animal to be mounted, e.xact 

 proportions {jaiiied from the skeleton, and on a knowledKe of anatomy wliich will allow a modeling of 

 the surface to suKfiest the livinvr muscles ui^derneiilh 



Workina oil II plaslcr •• piece muhf of the ehii/ moilel Mr. .1. V. lU'll is a member of the statT of the 

 Museum's Department of Preparation and is at present on tlie ()ceanofirai)hic K.xpedition imder Dr. 

 Charles H. Townsend in the Pacific, making a series of i)laster and glue molds of deep sea fishes and 

 invertebrates 



