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PKACTICAL TAXIDERMY. 



fire. The folding camp baker is a convenient article for 

 use. To do good service, it must be kept clean and bright. 

 The new folding rubber pail will likewise be found 

 useful, especially in cold weather. 



The collector's kit for preparing and preserving speci- 

 mens, is simple, and a small chest will compactly carry it. 

 A set of instruments consists of a large and small scalpel 

 or cartilage knife, crooked scissors, small tweezers, long 

 and short forceps, brain spoon, needles and thread, and 

 a pan* of strong cutting-forceps to facilitate the removal 



CAMP STOVE, PACKED. 



CAMP STOVE, UNPACKED 



of the contents of the crania. The necessary preserva- 

 tives are : dry arsenic for birds, and saltpetre, salt, and 

 alum, for mammals, though in warm weather, diluted car- 

 bolic acid is quick in action and should be used to prevent 

 decomposition. Ordinarily, a mixture of two parts alum 

 and one part salt, is all that is necessary for mammals. 

 Other materials are, plaster for drying the plumage of soil- 

 ed birds, corn-meal to facilitate skinning, cotton, tow, ex- 

 celsior, sea-grass, or moss, for stuffing, and sheet-cotton 

 to split and use for wrappers. A light, flat-topped trunk, 



