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animals. The skin being now perfectly clean- 

 ed, may have the preservative soap and pow- 

 der applied all over it ; flax, or bits of rag, well 

 annointed with the soap, may be placed in the 

 head, nostrils, and about the hoofs, claws, and 

 tail. It should then be laid out for a day or 

 two; and, on a second examination, where any 

 moisture appears, it must be absorbed by a 

 cloth, and more powder applied, until it is quite 

 dry. Bark in powder, and burnt alum, may 

 also be successfully applied as absorbents. 



THE skin may now be stuffed with cotton, 

 &c. and sewn up, to keep it in some degree in 

 its natural form : or it may be rolled up and 

 packed in canvass, and stowed away in a case 

 or barrel. The hides of large animals, as ox- 

 en, seals, &c. &c. are often brought from 

 remote parts, with no other preparation than 

 salt. 



