120 Guide to Taxidermy 



lids left in approximate the correct shape; it is 

 well to have the body rather flattened than round, 

 for the skin will then lay in a draw without rolling 

 all about. Very large skins are simply "baled up" 

 that is salted well, partially dried and folded and 

 tied so as to make as small a package as possible. 

 In such cases the skull is usually kept separately 

 but of course both skull and skin must be marked. 



