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taking care to put a ticket on each, labelled " POISON." The 

 three first ingredients in the above recipe may be used if the 

 others cannot readily be obtained. 



When it is to be used, put the necessary quantity into a 

 preserve pot, dilute it with a little cold water, or, better still, 

 with spirit, rub it with a small brush until it has the consistence 

 of cream ; cover this pot with a lid of pasteboard, in the middle 

 of which bore a hole for the handle of the brush. 



This preparation is the most generally used for the preser- 

 vation of skins of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, and fish, and is 

 to be freely applied with the brush, immediately after skinning, 

 on the fleshy side of the skin. As it is a troublesome and 

 unpleasant task to make up the prescription, it is advisable to 

 get it done by some trustworthy druggist. 



