TAXIDERMY. 15 



Articles necessary for mounting Quadrupeds, Birds, 

 Reptiles, Fish, fyc* 



1. An assortment of iron wire of all sizes. 



2. Flax or tow, or, for want of it, the commonest 

 cotton, or the ends of untwisted cords. We must 

 never use marine plants without having well steeped 

 them in fresh water. Without this precaution, the 

 marine salt with which they are impregnated, and 

 which retains so much humidity, would rot the 

 skins that are stuffed with them. 



3. A box containing scalpels, scissars with pointed 

 blades, and two or three pointed forceps of differ- 

 ent sizes, one of which ought to have indented 

 extremities. 



4. Two flat pincers, large and small. 



5. A round pincer. 



6. A cutting pincer (for the wire). 



7. A hammer. 



8. Two files. 



9. Brushes of different sizes, for putting the 

 drugs on the birds, smoothing the feathers, &c, 



10. A collection of eyes in enamel. We find 

 these at Agard's, Rue Aumer, and at Noel's at 

 Savoy, near Paris. I believe that eyes are only well 

 made in France, if I may judge by those which 

 come from Germany and Holland. At the end of 



