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from large or small animals, the same process 
is required. The operation must commence 
by making a slit of any length, along the bel- 
ly, so as to give the greatest facility in using 
the fingers, or a knife, to separate the skin, 
the muscles, &c. The legs of small animals 
may be pressed inwards, and the skin stripped 
over them, inside out, great care being taken 
in passing the joints: the feet and tail must 
be preserved as much as possible, by cutting 
out the flesh, and retaining the hoofs, nails, or 
claws. The skin, now freed fromthe extremi- 
ties, and separated from the abdomen, may be 
stripped over the back, as far as the neck.— 
Particular attention will be required in strip- 
ping it from the neck to the ears and the nose, 
from the latter of which it must be cut off at 
the termination of the bone, carefully preserv- 
ing the extremity. The skin, if necessary, 
may be cut under the jaw, as it can afterwards 
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