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which will assist their drying and tend to destroy 

 insects : when dry, roll up the skin with the hair 

 innermost, beginning with the head, and put a 

 layer of dried grass or moss between the folds, to 

 prevent its being injured by rubbing. The skin 

 must be occasionally unrolled and examined, and, 

 if practicable, exposed to a hot sun, and fresh 

 spirits of turpentine added. If any symptoms 

 of insects should appear, tobacco (the stronger 

 the better) strewed in the package will be ser- 

 viceable ; and in countries where spices and 

 aromatic drugs can be procured at a reasonable 

 rate, these may be used to great advantage, and 

 even supersede the necessity of applying the 

 arsenical soap. When a very large animal has 

 been killed, under circumstances which prevent 

 the application of the arsenical soap, the skin should 

 be stretched out on the branches of a tree, to give 

 the air free access to every part of it, and, as soon 

 as it is cold, well dressed on the inside with wood 

 ashes. Entire skeletons (especially of the rarer 

 animals) should be procured when possible. It 



