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then go on with the dissecting to the eyes; raise these toe 
out of their cavities, being careful not to injure the eyelids. 
Continue the dissecting down to the nose, as low down as 
you can without injuring the nostrils. Then we cut through 
the skull and the underjaw, (in small animals with the shears, 
‘in the larger with a knife, but the saw must be used for the 
largest,) in the same direction, which will be mentioned in 
the chapter on birds, and as it is represented in figure 1, in the 
plate more clearly by the line a 6. Thus the whole upper part 
of the skull and the lower jaw, to the back toothless part 
thereof, remains in the skin. 
The carcase thus flayed, is laid aside for the present, the 
skull and jaw bone carefully freed from flesh, and the brains 
removed according to the other rather more difficult method; 
the bones of the skull are cut through at the cavities of the 
eyes, and nothing remains attached to the skin but that part 
of the skull bones from the eyes to the nose, and the jaws. 
As to horned beasts, strip the skin off to the horns, and 
then, by sharp instruments, break or saw out the horns, tak- 
ing care to leave some part of the skull bone attached to 
them. The skin of the other parts of the head is removed 
in the above described manner, and the skull either cut 
through at the eye sockets, or the upper part left therein. 
In the latter case, in replacing the skin, and stufling, 
small pieces of skull bone left sticking to them in remov ing 
the horns, are again pressed into the vacancies occasioned by 
their being cut out. 
One other circumstance should not be omitted, which is, 
that some animals have heads so large that the integument of 
the neck cannot be stripped over them. There is no other 
means to obviate this difficulty, but to extend the incision 
along the back, up to the head. Every thing being finished 
and properly sewed, the seam in the neck will be as slightly 
el ble as that in the back. As to those animals the cov-. 
ering of whose backs does not admit of being cut through, let 
the incision be made on the abdomen, beginning between the 
fore legs, and carrying it along to and between the hind legs- 
The rest of the labonr is similar, and differs in no wise, both 
d st » from the general mode just described. 
. Section 8.— Stuffing. 
After Setting effectuall inside of 
ote! faving effectually rubbed or spread over the inside © 
the skin, the bone joint and ligament, with some antiseptic 
