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tion is necessary not to extendit. The pre- 
servative powder, or soap, is now to be care- 
fully introduced into every part; and if any 
appearance of moisture remain, it should be 
completely absorbed by a linen cloth, and the 
powder again applied. It is necessary to ob- 
serve, that the skin must not be hung up to 
dry, unless a string be passed under it from 
the rump to the head, so that it may hang on 
the string, and not by any particular part, 
which would otherwise be stretched beyond its 
natural size, 
THE skin may now be prepared for packing, 
by placing the wings and extremities in their 
proper positions, and laying smooth the plu- 
mage: a little cotton may be put in the in- 
side, and sewed: up, to preserve the form; after 
which it should be carefully folded in paper, 
or placed between the-leaves of a book, and 
kept free from damp. 
