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from large or small animals, the same process 

 is required. The operation must commence 

 by making a slit of any length, along the bel- 

 ly, so as to give the greatest facility in using 

 the fingers, or a knife, to separate the skin, 

 the muscles, &c. The legs of small animals 

 may be pressed inwards, and the skin stripped 

 over them, inside out, great care being taken 

 in passing the joints : the feet and tail must 

 be preserved as much as possible, by cutting 

 out the flesh, and retaining the hoofs, nails, or 

 claws. The skin, now freed from the extremi- 

 ties, and separated from the abdomen, may be 

 stripped over the back, as far as the neck. 

 Particular attention will be required in strip- 

 ping it from the neck to the ears and the nose, 

 from the latter of which it must be cut off at 

 the termination of the bone, carefully preserv- 

 ing the extremity. The skin, if necessary, 

 may be cut under the jaw, as it can afterwards 



