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making, it is indispensable to procure a stock of 

 " the raw material/' the collecting and arranging 

 of which are attended with considerable interest, 

 and afford scope for not a little taste and judg- 

 ment. We shall proceed to enumerate the prin- 

 cipal articles required, arranging them under 

 their proper heads, with descriptions and remarks 

 to assist the novice premising that the fitting 

 place in which to store the materials is a t box 

 with two or three sliding tiers or compart- 

 ments one above the other, made to lift out like 

 the box of a " wandering Jew," The upper tier 

 should be mapped out into partitions for hooks 

 and other small articles, and the bottom of the 

 box should be appropriated to the larger wing 

 and tail feathers, skins, &c., all wrapped in sepa- 

 rate papers duly labeled. There, also, should be 

 kept the store of hackles, in a large book, between 

 the leaves of which the different kinds should be 

 separately and smoothly arranged. Every care 

 should be taken to protect the feathers, &c., from 

 moth; no particles of flesh must be allowed to 

 adhere to them, and musk or bitter apple should 

 from time to time be liberally applied to them. 

 The latter must be used with caution, being 

 poisonous ; but it is an effectual preventive and 

 destroyer of these destructive insects. 



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