\2 OF STUFFING QUADRUPEDS, | 
body wire, which is situated at, or near the pelvis; the two 
ends are then bent, twisting them to the right and left around 
the ring: and to make them still more secure, they should be 
wound round with small brass wire or packthread: the ° tail 
bearer is then attached in the manner formerly described. 
Having completed this part of the iron work, the skin of 
the thighs is coated inside with the preservative, and the 
| stuffing completed with chopped flax or tow. The whole 
| inner parts of the skin which can be reached are again 
anointed, and the body stuffing completed with chopped flax. 
Care must be also paid not to stuff the belly too much, as the 
| skin very easily dilates. The incision in the belly is now 
closed by bringing the skin together, and then sewed within 
and without; while attention is paid to divide the hairs, and 
not to take any of them in along with the thread; but should | 
any of them be inadvertently fixed, they can be picked out 
easily with the point. (Plate VI. fig. 10.) When this is 
completed, the hair will resume its natural order, and com- 
pletely conceal the seam. 
The seam should now be well primed, on both sides, with 
the solution of corrosive sublimate, to prevent the entrance of 
moths. 
The articulations of the legs are then bent, and the animal 
_ placed on its feet ; and pressure used at the natural flat places, 
so as to make the other parts rise where the muscles are 
visible. 
I cannot take leave of this part, without mentioning a plan 
which J invented, for giving full effect to the muscles of the 
shoulders. Having skinned a Dog, immediately on removing 
the carcase, I took a plaster of Paris cast off, from each of the 
shoulders ; and from these moulds I cast a pair of shoulders. 
After having completed the internal stuffing, I applied these 
casts on the tep of the tow, and on the skin being brought 
over them, they had the best effect imaginable; and gave the 
complete appearance of the shoulder in the living animal. 
This method may be extended to the other visible muscles of 
the body with great effect ; and it is very easily and speedily 
accomplished. In short, every legitimate means of this kind 
should be thought of and adopted, at whatever expense and 
trouble it may be, to obtain the end in view; namely, as close 
