FOR THE HIMALAYAS. 



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will make incisions in the wrong places, and it will be quite out of 

 shape when dried. 



Begin by inserting the sharp-pointed hunting-knife under the 

 skin of the throat, and run it in a straight line down to the vent, 

 along the belly. Next insert at the brisket, opposite the centre of 

 the inside of foreleg, run up the inside until close to the knee, 



BEAR SKIN. 



then work round behind that joint, and run along the back of the 

 leg to the pastern joint. Do the same with the hind leg, working 

 round behind the hock and down to the pastern. Having cleared 

 the leg, with the skinning-knife, separate the bones at the pastern 

 joints, subsequently cutting them off if you prefer, or clearing them 



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