5^ TAXIDERMY. 



This liquor dries easily, drives away destructive 

 insects, and kills their larvae. 



In two or three days, that is to say, when the 1 

 skin is a little dry, he must turn it, putting the 

 hair within, and if he has the means of procuring 

 sea-salt, he will melt it in some water, and slightly 

 wet the hair with it. It will be necessary to re- 

 peat this operation on each side of the skin, two or 

 three times, at intervals of twenty-four hours. 



When it is dry the hair must be rolled inwards^ 

 beginning with the head, and care must be taken to 

 put a layer of dried grass or moss to avoid the 

 friction spoiling the hair in its conveyance. If the 

 excursion be of Jong duration, it will be proper to 

 spread the skins sometimes in the sun, to look at 

 them, and put the spirits on the places which might 

 be attacked by scarabagi. 



When the skins arrive at their destination, they 

 require another preparation before being placed 

 on a factitious body. The skin must be first ex- 

 tended on the ground, the hair underneath, to 

 make it pliant ; those parts which resist most must 

 be moistened with tepid water. 



It must then be placed in a tub or large bucket, 

 and covered with cold water, saturated with alum 

 by ebullition. Eight days afterwards it must be 

 extended on pieces of wood half rounded, thinning 

 it with the help of a large and sharp knife ; this; 



