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SPORTSMAN'S HAND BOOK. 



How to Remove and Preserve the Skins of Animals. 



A sportsman may at sometime, be desirous of having 

 a large or small animal mounted and yet not know how to 

 proceed to skin it properly for the purpose. For this rea- 

 son I give the following simple directions, which, if followed 

 closely, will bring about satisfactory results: 



The first opening cut should be made along the under 

 side of the animal from the throat to the base of the tail. 

 Do not cut through the lips or vent. The tail must be slit 

 open along the under side about an inch or two, according 

 to the size of the animal, above the root all the way to 

 the tip, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. 



FIG. 1. 



The dotted lines shew where large animals must be slit open for the 

 purpose of skinning. 



