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THE SHIKARI 



Now take hold of the horns and force the head 

 over till the top of the neck can be got at and make 

 an incision in the centre of the poll some inch or so 

 below the horns, and cutting in a direct line down 



Fig. 9. 



the neck, sever the skin to the cut already made 

 across the withers (Fig. 9). 



Next, from the point of the cut on the poll make 

 two cuts, one across to each horn (Fig. 10). 



The preliminary cuts are now made and the head 

 skin ready for removal. 



Picking up the neck skin at the angle where the 



Fig. 10. 



top cut joins the wither cut, proceed with the aid of 

 the knife to peel both sides back from the meat, 

 working also underneath until the whole skin is 

 removed to the base of the skull. 



