0-2 METHODS IN THE ART OF TAXIDERMY. 



salicylic acid and two parts of thymol ; perfume with oil of lemon. 

 This is a neutral solution and will not injure colors or texture, and has 

 a pleasant odor, but is rather expensive. 



" A good preparation to sprinkle among furs being packed away in 

 a close box or drawer, is naphthaline and menthol or thymol, in pro- 

 portion of one ounce of the former to twenty grains of either of the 

 latter, rubbed together. The odor w'ill disappear from the furs or 

 goods after they have been aired for a short time. Even if moths are 

 present and are hatched, they will not feed when closely shut up in the 

 odor of this mixture, and in this respect it is far superior to camphor. 

 Thymol alone is very good. Naphthaline is now on the market in a 

 very convenient shape called " moth marbles, " and seems to be going 

 into general use." 



