| BEARS. 17 
Procure a bar, one inch thick, two inches broad, and as long 
as to reach horizontally from the shoulders to the connexion 
of the thighs, or os pubis. A hole is bored, four inches distant 
_ from one of its ends, from which a connecting groove must be 
_ formed, extending on both sides to the end of the plank next 
| their dilated paws, so that it is necessary to bring the leg-wires | 
|, out at the claws. The leg-wires are bent at right angles, for 
the hole; this groove must be cut out with a hollow chissel, 
_ deep enough to receive the wire. The wire is then passed 
through it, one end of which is just left long enough to be 
twisted with the other, at the end of the plank. The wire on 
both sides is now pressed down into the grooves, and twisted 
firmly together, by the aid of a pair of strong pincers. Pierce 
some holes obliquely into the groove, and insert some wire 
nails into them, which must be firmly driven home, and then 
bent over the wires to keep them firm. The longest end of 
‘the wire should be at least eighteen inches beyond the bar, 
so as to pass through the skull of the animal. 
The use of this bar, it will be observed, is as a substitute for 
the central or supporting wires of the body. Two other holes 
are now bored into it, the one two, and the other three, inches 
_ from the end which we first pierced ; these are for the recep- 
_ tion of the wires of the fore-legs: and two similar holes must 
_be made at the other extremity of the bar, for receiving the 
wires of the hind legs. 
Bears always support themselves on the full expansion of 
a length of five inches from the upper end. These are put 
through the holes in the bar, and when they have passed 
through they are curved again. Two small gimlet-holes are then 
made for the reception of smaller wire, by which the leg-wires 
must be bound together close to the bar. The fore-leg wires 
are fixed in the same manner, which completes the frame- 
work, 
This seems to be the most simple manner which could be 
devised, for obtaining the end in view, and is that practised at 
the Laboratory of the Jardin des Plantes, at Paris. No other 
means are used for middle-sized animals, such as the Lion, 
Tiger, Leopard, &c. The stuffing is completed as in other 
quadrupeds. + 
As the Dog, Wolf, Hyena, Fox, &c. belong to this order, 
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