Guide to Taxidermy 



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After soaking a couple of liours more, squeeze 

 out as much water as you can, spread the skin on 

 your bench and thoroughly apply arsenical soap to 

 the skin side, and it is ready to put on. 



Put the skin in position, pull it in place around 

 ilie horns and take a stitch back of each, to hold 

 the skin in place, using waxed strong twine and a 

 large three-cornered needle. If you prefer, you can 

 make a hole with your awl on each edge of the 

 skin where it comes together, and wire them to- 

 gether with copper wire. Either method is equally 

 good and we use one about as much as the other. 

 You will need only two stitches, or, at the most, 

 four, since the skin along the back of the neck is to 

 he. tacked to the neck-piece, using inch flat-headed 

 wire nails. (This should be tacked about every 

 inch along both edges of the cut). The skin is then 

 drawn evenly down and tacked on the edge of the 

 neck board j^t intervals of about one incli. 



The ears are each to have a piece of sheet tin in 

 them, cut to the shape and a trifle smaller than the 

 ear. This is inserted between the skin on the back 

 of the ear and the cartilage and can be put in place 

 at this time from the outside or, perhaps it will be 





