MOUNTING HEADS, ANTLERS, AND HORNS. 



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neck half-way down, push clay under the skin about the 

 horns, and model in natural form. Fasten the eye-holes 

 over the cavities in the cast, by driving three-quarter 

 inch wire-tacks through the skin, at the inner corners of 

 the eyes, into the cast at the small holes below the eye- 

 cavities. Model about the eyes by inserting clay through 

 the eye-holes of the 

 skin. Tuck the skin 

 about the mouth un- 

 derneath, between the 

 cast and skin, in order 

 to keep the muzzle 

 from drying and 

 shrinking, and to pre- 

 vent the skin from 

 being worn off in the 

 process of mounting, 

 through constant rub- 

 bing on the bench. 

 Finish the seam down 

 the neck, draw the 

 skin tightly, and nail 

 it to the middle of the 

 top of the base-board. 

 Remove the head from 

 the vise to the bench, 

 draw down the neck- 

 skin tightly, and nail 

 it to the sides of the 

 base-board. This will 

 prevent the neck from being forced out of natural shape 

 in stuffing. Now commence stuffing, by forcing, with a 

 crammer, small bunches of excelsior under the skin, be- 

 tween the nails, upon each side of the neck-board. 



The crammer is made of round iron or steel, diameter 

 8 / B -inch, length, 18 inches. One end is flattened, notched, 



CAST REA.DY FOR COVERING. 



