CHAPTER IV. 



COLLECTING AND PRESERVING .FISHES AND REPTILES. 



Section I. Fishes. — I now make casts of Fishes, 

 proceeding as follows : Place the Fish side down, on 

 a plate of glass or other smooth surface, and cover it 

 with plaster. When this is set, remove the Fish from 

 the under side, and varnish the inside of the mould 

 thus formed, and put in cream-plaster ; then lay a slab 

 of freshly-cast plaster over the whole, and after the 

 cast has set, chip away the mould. The cast thus 

 made can be colored to represent life. Reptiles may 

 be modeled in a similar manner. 



Salamanders may be found under logs and stones 

 in damp woods, and also in the water. 



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