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case should be papered and tinted, the rock-work nailed 

 in, and the side-glasses fastened by pasting strips of pa- 

 per over their edges and on the wood-work. If colored 

 paper is not used, paint it with asphalt varnish. 



Grasses and mosses are then glued behind and on the 

 upper edge of the rocks, and in the crevices, and the 

 birds are then arranged. The front glass is now fastened 

 in, and the case is ready for the inner molding, which 

 can be fastened with brads or wire nails, carefully driven 

 in holes made with a brad-awl. 



