opening under one wing ; and the divers, several of 

 which have most beautiful silky breasts, may be 

 opened down the back. The skin is readily sepa- 

 rated from the flesh by the fingers, or other blunt 

 instrument -, the thighs are to be pushed up, and 

 denuded of flesh, and the bone broken about its 

 middle, draw the skin over the body, and with great 

 care remove the skin from the wings to the second 

 joint, treat them in the same way as the thighs ; 

 turn the skin over the head, and remove a portion 

 of the skull, sufficient to allow of the brain being 

 scooped out. The eyes may be removed from the 

 inside, and as much flesh dissected from the skull 

 as possible : when the process of skinning is finished, 

 every particle of fat is to be removed, by scraping 

 it off with some absorbent powder as chalk, and 

 washing clean with a sponge and warm water ; every 

 part is then to be covered with the powder, (a) solu- 

 tion, (&) or soap, (c.) 



The first method of stuffing, and which we prefer 



(a) Arsenic, or muriate of mercury and burnt-alum, of 

 each half a pound ; tanners' bark, three pounds ; camphor, 

 four ounces; powder separately, and mix; passing the 

 whole through a fine sieve. To be kept in a tin canister. 



(b) One ounce of muriate of mercury dissolved in eight 

 ounces of spirit of wine. 



(c) Five ounces of camphor ; arsenic and white soap, 

 each two pounds ; sub-carbonate of pot-ash, twelve ounces ; 

 lime in powder, four ounces. 



