Guide to Taxidermy 17 



IMPORTANT 



Read These Pa^es Before Ooind 

 Any Work 



In the following chapters we give the best meth- 

 ods of skinning and mounting the members of 

 several classes of the animal kingdom. 



Whatever you are to work on, read the Chapter 

 appertaining to it through before doing any of the 

 work. We ask you to do this because it may cause 

 you to avoid some false move. We have made all 

 instructions as plain as possible, and as nearly as 

 possible in their natural sequence, but the different 

 operations are so closel}^ related to one another 

 that you should know what is coming next before 

 you commence work. 



If your specimen is to be mounted, fix upon a 

 certain position before you commence and have 

 that position in mind throughout the work. The il- 

 lustrations that we give are natural and artistic 

 ones for the different species and you will do well 

 to select some of these for your first models. 



Chapter 10 gives the materials and tools that arc 



