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We must also begin sewing the anterior part of the 

 opening, giving the appearance of scapulae, and 

 more particularly that thickness which appears be- 

 yond, at the junction of the shoulder and bone of 

 the arm. 



The irons for the hind legs ought to be longer 

 than those of the fore legs. We pass one of them 

 into the paw, we fasten it loosely to the bone of the 

 thigh and that of the leg. 



We must place the flax to form the leg and 

 thigh as before, and encircle it with a long needleful 

 of thread, to prevent it from slipping up when we 

 return this part into the skin ; we operate in the 

 same way upon the other thigh. 



We afterwards fix the hind legs by passing their , 

 pieces of wire in the second ring of the centre or 

 body, and situated at the pelvis ; we bend the two 

 ends, twisting them to the right and the left round 

 the ring, and, for more solidity, pass a piece of pack- 

 thread several times round these three wires, and tie 

 it strongly ; we then place the tail-bearer in the 

 manner we have before described. 



This iron work being thus terminated, we anoint 

 the thighs, and finish filling them with chopped 

 flax. We renew the anointing of the interior parts 

 of the skin, and replace the body of the animal by 

 chopped flax, laying it conveniently under the irons, 

 and accommodating the skin of the belly which 

 easily stretches. We finish by making a seam 



