Guide to Taxidermy 



all, in luke-warm soapy water and leave over night. 

 In the morning it will be thoroughly relaxed, and 

 should be squeezed out and thoroughly dried in 

 sawdust. 



If your fox is in the flesh, make a cut from the 

 chin to the root of the tail, and down the middle of 

 each leg to the toes; remove the skin and clem off 

 all flesh or fat, either with the Angers or scissors. 

 It will then be ready for stretching. 



A skin for a rug may have the head mounted 

 with an open mouth, showing teeth and tongue; it 

 may be mounted with a half head, mouth closed; or 

 it may be left flat with no eyes in. If the head is 

 to be mounted at all it should be done before the 

 skin is stretched. 



Mounting the Head 



You can either use the natural skull or an entire- 

 ly artificial head. Your dealer in naturalist's sup- 

 plies will carry in stock, papier-mache heads of 

 either the half-head or open-mouth variety, and for 

 most any kind of an animal. 



If you wish to make the head yourself, clean the 

 skull well, and dry it with the jaws set in the posi- 







