OF STUFFING QUADRUPEDS. 1] 
chopped fiax or tow is apt to make inequalities. ‘To give the 
natural rise to the larger muscles, a piece of sliver should be 
cut of the length of the protuberance required, and placed in 
the part, and the sliver wrapped over it. This gives it a very 
natural appearance. 
The mode of fixing the legs, is by passing one of their 
pieces of wire into the small ring of the horizontal or middle 
supporting wire. Pursue the same plan with the other leg, 
and then twist the two ends firmly together, by the aid of a 
pair of flat pincers. For an animal of the size of a Cat, the 
pieces left for twisting must be from five to six inches in length. 
After being twisted, they are bound on the under side of the 
body wire, with strong thread : the two legs are then replaced, 
and put in the form in which we intend to fix them. The skin 
of the belly and top of the shoulders is then anointed; anda | 
thick layer of flax placed under the middle wire. ‘The shape | 
is now given to the scapule on both sides, and all the muscles | 
of the shoulders imitated. These will be elevated or de- 
pressed, according to the action intended to be expressed. The 
anterior part of the opening is now sewed up, to retain the 
stuffing, and to enable us to complete the formation of the 
shoulders and junction of the neck. ‘This part of the animal 
is of great importance, as regards the perfection of its form: 
and much of its beauty will depend upon this being well 
executed. 
If the animal has been recently skinned, the best plan pos- 
sible is to imitate, as nearly as possible, the muscles of the 
carcase ; by which many parts will be noticed which might 
otherwise have been neglected. Even to the comparative 
anatomist, I address this recommendation: Cory Nature 
WHENEVER YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR POWER. 
It must be observed as a general rule, that the wires for the 
hind legs of quadrupeds should always be longer than those of 
the fore legs. 
The next thing is to form the hind legs and thighs, which 
must be done, as above described for the fore legs; but with 
this difference, that they must be wound round with thread, 
drawn through the stuffing at intervals, to prevent it slipping 
up when returned into the skin of the leg. They are then 
fixed, by passing the leg wires into the second ring of the centre 
