THE URUS, BISON, BUFFALO. 
DEER, ANTELOPES, AND GOATS, &¢c. 
These animals should be mounted on the same principles as 
recommended for the Bears, in Order 1V. A different mode 
must, however, be adopted in skinning the animals, which the | 
horns render necessary. It is performed in the ordinary man- 
ner until the operator reaches the neck. After cutting as near 
the head as possible, another incision must be made, com- 
mencing under the chin, which is continued to the bottom of — 
the neck, or from eight to ten inches in length. By this open- — 
the tongue is cut out, and the occipital orifice enlarged, and 
_ ing, the remainder of the neck is separated from the head; | 
the brain extracted thereby. The lips are now cut as near as | 
| possible to the jaw-bones, and the operator must continue pro 
gressively ascending towards the forehead, and in this manner | 
all the skin will be separated from the head, except at the nose, 
or point of the muzzle. All the muscles are next removed by 
the scalpel, and the skull well anointed with arsenical soap. 
The muscles which have been cut out are then imitated with 
| chopped flax or cotton, which may be attached to the bones | 
with cement. When this is done, the head must be replaced | 
within the skin. The orifice under the neck must now be | 
sewed up with fine stitches, so that the hair may spread over 
them to conceal the seam. The whole other parts of the 
mounting is completed as directed for the Bear. 
THE ELK 
Being an animal of stupendous size, should be mounted on 
a model the same as the Elephant. 
Some of the smaller species of Antelopes may be put up in 
the same manner as the Cat, but using stronger wires. 
THE URUS, BISON, BUFFALO 
And other large animals, to be mounted in the same manner 
as the Elephant. But their skins should be deeply imbued 
with turpentine. 
