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placed underneath it. Put all you intend "sticking down" in 

 this "fix," then "stick" the whole of them, being careful, 

 however, not to stick more, than you or your company can 

 dress in a reasonable time. In winter fewer should be 

 "stuck down" at a time than in summer, as they will soon 

 become cold and stiff and will not dress nearly so nice as 

 when not allowed to become cold and stiff. 



Legging. 



By "legging" is meant the opening and loosening the 

 skin of the legs preparatory to the animal being hung up 

 for the removal of the skin from the body. In legging an 

 animal a proper skinning knife should be used, or one not 

 so extremely pointed as is the sticking knife. As soon as 

 life is extinct lay the animal on its back, then take its left 

 front foot, or leg, between your knees and take the skin 

 on the fore part of the shank between the forefinger and 

 thumb of the left hand and with a steady, vigorous pull, pull 

 it away from the shank-bone, then with an upward cut with 

 your sharp knife, the whole of the skin on the fore part of 

 the shank may be loosened at one sweep. The skin must 

 now be opened from the knee down the side of the breast to 

 a point in the center of the under jaw. In opening the 

 skin keep your knife a little to one side; this prevents of its 

 "dipping" into the flesh. As soon as the skin is opened 

 the edges on either side of the opening must be loosened a 

 very little by skinning in the ordinary way with the blade 

 of the knife. Now the remaining part of the neck, leg, etc., 

 is easily and rapidly skinned by a vigorous pounding with 

 the handle of the knife, between the skin and the flesh. The 

 less that the skin is removed from the animal before being 



