THE PRESERVATION OF TROPHIES 



from the skin. Continue the longitudinal cut 

 along the under part of the tail to its tip, and 

 turning the skin back, strip that organ of it. 



Nothing now remains but to remove the skin 

 from the back and the head. To effect this, place 

 the carcass on its side, and with the scalpel carefully 

 separate the skin, drawing it towards the head. In 

 skinning the head, great care must be taken to 

 avoid the accidental making of any unnecessary 

 incisions in or around the eyelids, nose, and lips. 

 The ears should be cut off as close as possible to 

 the skull, their cartilages being left in the skin. 



The skin is now free from the body, and the 

 next operation is to turn the ears inside out, and 

 to remove from them, the nostrils, lips, and feet, 

 all adherent cartilage and flesh. 



Place the skin open on the ground, with hair side 

 underneath, and carefully remove any flesh or fat 

 which may adhere to it, scraping it well to remove 

 all loose particles of underskin, or pelt. 



ON PRESERVING THE SKINS OF MAMMALIA 



The above operations being thoroughly performed, 

 take a quantity of powdered alum (which must be 

 used liberally) and a very small quantity of common 

 salt, and rub these well into the skin, taking especial 

 care to do this very thoroughly in the case of the 

 ears, nostrils, lips, and feet, till the whole has been 

 completely impregnated. 



Allow the skin to lie, with the raw side upper- 

 most, on the ground for an hour or two, and then 



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