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manner that the pressure of the lid may not be too 

 great for the eggs. If we have several nests we 

 must have a box with several compartments. For 

 long voyages, we must take the precaution of bind- 

 ing the cases with bands of cloth, covered with 

 pitch, or at least the joinings of the boards, to de- 

 fend them from humidity. 



Although Taxidermy requires some knowledge 

 of Natural History, its operations are wholly me- 

 chanical. 



METHOD OF MAKING ENAMEL EYES FOR 

 ANIMALS. 



As the eyes of all animals are the organs which 

 best express their dispositions, they demand all the 

 care of the naturalist. 



The instruments necessary for their fabrication 

 are, an enameller's table, bellows, lamp, round 

 pincers, about six inches long, which close by 

 means of a ring, and with which we hold the iron- 

 wire forming the point of support, and the base of 

 those eyes which it would be impossible to blow ; 

 another flat pair of pincers the same length, which 

 serve to handle the enamel when necessary, and 

 at the same time to stir up the lamp. All these in- 

 struments are to be bought ready-made. 



The materials are, an assortment of small cy- 

 linders of enamel of all colours, which may be 



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