16 TAXIDERMY* 



this treatise I will point out the method of making 

 them. * 



Receipt for making Arsenical Soap, invented by 

 Becceur> Apothecary at Metz. 



Camphor ------ 5 ounces. 



Arsenic in powder - - - 2 pounds. 



White Soap ----- 2 pounds. 



Salts of Tartar - - - - 12 ounces. 



Lime, in powder - - - 4 ounces. 



Cut the soap in small slices, as thin as possible, 

 put them in a pot over a gentle fire, with very little 

 water, taking care to stir it often with a wooden 

 spatula; when it is well melted, put in the salts of 

 tartar and powdered chalk. Take it off the fire, 

 add the arsenic, and triturate the whole gently. 

 Lastly, put in the camphor, which must first be 

 reduced to powder in a mortar by the help of a 

 little spirits of wine ; mix the whole well together. 

 This paste ought then to have the consistence of 

 flour paste. " Put it into china or glazed earthen 

 pots, taking care to place a ticket on each. 



When it is to be used, put the necessary quantity 

 into a preserve-pot, dilute it with a little cold wa- 



* These eyes however are equally well made in England, al- 

 though dearer. They cost in Paris, from two sous, to thirty 

 francs a pair. 



