1Q2 ]V1ANNEJ1 O COLLECTING ANIMALS. 



ve insects, so abundant in warm climates. Should 

 flies have deposited their eggs in the lips of the quadrupeds 

 or birds, these must be destroyed by spirit of turpentine. When 

 a set of animals or birds are thoroughly dry, they should be 

 packed in a box or case, which has been well joined. 



A journal ought to be kept detailing all circumstances con- 

 nected with the animals, the places in which they were killed, 

 and the colour of their eyes, together with any intormation that 

 can be procured of their habits from the natives. People are 

 too apt to forget particulars when engaged in such varied pur- 

 suits, and the sooner they are committed to paper the better. 



When the traveller arrives in Africa, he will meet with ani- 

 mals of the largest size ; such as the Elephant, Rhinoceros, 

 Hippopotamus, Giraffe, Quagga, Urus, Bubulus, Condoma, as 

 well as large Antelopes and Deer. He will unquestionably 

 find some difficulty in his endeavours to bring with him the 

 skins of these animals, as in that country it is even trouble- 

 some, in many cases to transport the necessaries of life. But 

 the ardour of the zealous naturalist will here be increased 

 by beholding such splendid specimens as he can never meet 

 with elsewhere. All his energies will be strengthened, and 

 every sacrifice made to enable him to transport the fruits of his 

 toils. 



We need only to recur to the zeal manifested by Le Vaillant 

 in his travels, and the rapturous delight experienced by him, 

 when he first beheld, and killed the Giraffe. He brought this 

 large skin from Caffraria, where he killed the animal, a distance 

 of two hundred leagues from the Cape of Good Hope. 



Should the traveller, accidentally, or in pursuit of natural 

 objects, find himself possessed of the carcase of one of these 

 large and fine animals, he would deeply regret not being 

 able to fetch away the skin from want of a knowledge how 

 to separate it from the body. We shall, therefore, sup- 

 pose that he has killed an animal the size of a Bull. He 

 must first make an incision under the belly, in the form of a 

 double cross. The central line must reach from the chin to 

 the anus ; the two other transverse cuts must reach from one 

 foot to the other. These are always made inside, so that the 

 seams may be less conspicuous when the animal is mounted. 

 When the skin is stuffed, the hoofs are detached by laying 



