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Cieanin^ the Skull 



This and cleaning up a scalp or head-skin, are 

 among the most disagreeable pieces of work a taxi- 

 dermist is called upon to perform, but they must be 

 done and if done with a vim and apparent relish, it 

 will be gotten through with quicker and with most 

 satisfaction. With a meat saw you must siw off 

 the back of the skull, a little back of the horns; 

 you will find that is most convenient to rest the 

 head on the horns and saw through from a point 

 just back of the lower jaws. This exposes the 

 brains which must be scooped out ; hold the skull 

 with the cavity downward and this can readily be 

 done with the skinning knife. The eyes must be 

 taken out, first, loosening them around the circum- 

 ference, then cutting the optic nerves and allowing 

 them to come out whole. Clean all flesh from the 

 skull evervwhere, using knife, scissors or fingers, 

 and even a hatchet does not go amiss. Now give the 

 skull a good coat of arsenical soap and put it away 

 to dry, remembering that it must be out of reach of 

 children or any pet animals as it is now dangerous. 



