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PRACTICAL TAXIDERMY. 



Panels should range from three-fourths to one and a 

 half inch in thickness. If made of thinner material, 

 they will warp out of shape. Composition ornaments 

 may be glued on the surface, and colored with a paste of 

 umber and alcohol. Trimmings and chasing are done 

 with gold-leaf, put on with gold size, which should re- 

 main several hours, until it is partially dried, before the 

 leaf is applied. The composition and wood should be 

 finished with a varnish of shellac and alcohol, which will 

 dry in a few minutes. If varnish is not employed, dress off 

 the wood with fine sand-paper and finish with linseed oil. 



