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INSTRUCTION IN TAXIDERMY. 



spirit has thoroughly permeated the fish, which requires several days, more or 

 less, the length of time required being governed considerably by the weather. 

 They should then be carefully spread on a platter and covered with alcohol until 

 the fish is hardened, when it can be placed in the jar. 



To Preserve Fish Skins. — Skin your fish carefully, but do not be pailicular as 

 to leaving a little meat on. Spread the skins in layers and sprinkle with salt and 

 alum ; or make a pickle in a small keg of a weak solution of carbolic acid ; any 

 remaining flesh can be scraped off afterwards, and the fish set up by a taxider- 

 mist. Many of the most delicate fishes with large scales will not stand the above 

 treatment, to say nothing of mounting them afterward 



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