‘MUSEUMS. 807, 
stuffed cat in anger will exhibit a tail of the same 
extraordinary bulk which it does when a dog threat- 
ens its existence. . 
All animals ought to be well washed in soap and 
water, with a hard brush, before they are skinned. 
This will have a surprising effect in beautifying the 
fur. 
As there are parts of a quadruped’s skin which 
are bound down, as it were, to the bone (at the 
eyes, for example), it will be necessary to pass a 
thread, with a sufficient knot at one end, through 
these parts, and to let the end without a knot hang 
loose after it has been drawn out at the opposite 
quarter. Thus, there must be a thread in the ex- 
tremities at the gape of the mouth, and one at the 
corners of the eyes; and others in different parts 
of the body, according to the operator’s judgment. 
By pulling these at the end which hangs out, he 
will be enabled to depress the parts into their 
natural shape. 
The artificial eyes must be put in on the first day 
of the operation, and taken out and put back again 
every time the head of the specimen is modelled. - 
When all is completed, and the skin has become 
perfectly dry, the artist takesout the chaff or sawdust; 
and he finds that the specimen is quite firm enough 
to stand without any support from wires. He cuts 
three sides of a square hole under the feet, to let 
out the chaff; and when this is done he returns the 
skin to its place. 
A slit must be made in the crown of the head, or 
under the jaws, to allow him to fix the artificial 
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