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ing the most attention to those parts nearest the 

 top and bottom of the fish, which may show when 

 it is on its panel. Let it stand until dry. 



Finishing 



A fish can be displayed to good advantage on 

 either an oval or rectangular oak panel; or it can 

 be placed in a hollow box, with painted back- 

 ground and galss front. The best method of dis- 

 playing a fish for house decoration is to put it un- 

 der an oval, convex glass, with a painted back- 

 ground and neat frame. This method will be the 

 most expensive, but it makes a dining-room decora- 

 tion that cannot be surpassed; a well-mounted and 

 colored fish is worthy of being so framed. 



Mounting Lar^e Fish 



Fish not more than three feet in length, we al- 

 ways mount with solid wooden bodies. Fjsh of 

 more than that length are best done by making a 

 wooden center board, winding it with tow or ex- 

 celsior and covering with either plaster or papier- 

 mache the same as in making a manikin for a large 

 animal. This manikin, when dry, should have one 

 or two coats of white lead, the same as the wooden 

 one. 



