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Handsome skins should be brought home simply dried as 

 above described. The Indians do not tan well, and I have 

 seen many a good skin spoilt. Skins packed in a tin-lined 

 box with camphor should arrive in good order. They should 

 be folded, not rolled, or the hard points in the leather round 

 the peg-holes may rub off the hair in other places. I recom- 

 mend Mr. Stammwitz, of Argyle Street, as a good man to 

 mount skins. He does them well, and at a very moderate 

 charge. 



The skulls of tigers, bears, and panthers may be cleaned 

 by boiling after the fleshy parts have been removed with a 

 knife. As soon as the skull is cleaned, the whole of the teeth 

 should be covered with a coating of beeswax a quarter of an 

 inch in thickness, so as completely to exclude the hot air, else 

 the teeth will splinter like dry wood. This operation should 

 be performed at once. Any claws that are loose should be 

 removed and kept separately, or the natives will steal them 

 for charms. 



A peculiar bone, detached from all others, is found in the 

 muscles of the shoulder, in tigers and panthers. 



