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work and stumps. Anyone can get along very 

 nicely with the following oil paints which come in 

 tubes : Chrome yellow medium^ chrome green, ivory 

 black, flake white, vermillion, VanDyke brown, 

 Prussian blue and burnt sienna. With these colors 

 you can obtain any shade that you may wish. A 

 little dab of each color that you wish to use is 

 squeezed on a clean piece of glass. Dip your brush 

 into a jar of turpentine and then into the paint. 



Papier Mache 



Has as many or more uses than any other mater- 

 ial used by the taxidermist. It is very inexpensive, 

 very strong and, when dry, very light. You can 

 make it as follows: Tear several newspapers into 

 as small pieces as possible ,and bear in mind that 

 the cheaper the paper the better pulp it will make; 

 do not use a glazed paper. Soak these in warm 

 water for two or three hours then rub the resulting 

 pulp between the hand until no recognizable pieces 

 of paper are left. Squeeze it partially dry and 

 crumble into another dish; add sufficient melted 

 glue (prepared as described under that head in 

 this Chapter) to form a very sticky mass when 

 stirred with a putty knife. Add whiting and work 

 the mass between the fingers until it becomes 

 smooth, with absolutely no lumps and only slightly 

 sticky to the hands. It should be used as soon as 

 possible after making and you should make no 



