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at the atlas. The whole flesh, (with the tongue and eyes,) 

 is now removed from the head, and the brain scooped out 

 by a gauge, through the foramen magnum, enlarged to a 

 suitable size. When the whole flesh is removed, and as 

 much of the fat as possible dried up by means of saw-dust 

 or bran, the fleshy side of the skin, all of which, being now 

 exposed, is to be covered with the lather of the arsenicated 

 soap. The skin is now ready for stuffing. 



A piece of softened iron wire is now fixed in the skull, and 

 the other end extends, backwards, a little farther than the 

 original length of the animal. This wire is a substitute for 

 the vertebral column. A thin layer of tow or cotton is 

 placed over the skull, the orbits of the eyes, cheeks, and 

 throat are filled up with the same material, and artificial 

 eyes are placed in the proper position *. The projecting 

 vertebral wire is now to be covered w r ith tow, to nearly the 

 original thickness of the neck of the animal, and the skin 

 of the head and neck returned to its natural situation. 

 Pieces of wire are now to be fixed in each leg at the toes, 

 extending a little beyond the soles, and continued the whole 

 length, making them project beyond the heads of the 

 humerus and femur. Tow is to be placed round jJhe bones, 

 the skin returned over them and stuffed to the natural size. 

 The vertebral wire is now to be inserted in the tail, and' 

 the projecting ends of the leg-wires twisted round it in 

 such a manner, as to place the four extremities in their na- 

 tural relative position. Into all the vacuities, tow is now to 



* Glass-eyes are prepared by the glass-blowers, either with a coloured 

 iris or plain. In the last state, the iris is painted, on the glass behind, of 

 the natural colour. Black glass beads are used for the smaller animals. A 

 drop of black wax on a card is sometimes resorted to, or a ball of wax is 

 painted of the requisite colour. But the shifts of the ingenious arc without 

 number. 



