MANNEB OF COLLECTING ANIMALS. 101 
These are animals which, it may be presumed, are still little 
known in consequence of their nocturnal habits. 
Those who prepare for the chase, with the intention of pre- 
serving animals, should take care to provide themselves with 
implements necessary for fulfilling the objects advantageously. 
The articles most needful are one or two pairs of large pin- 
| cers, scissors, forceps, scalpels, knives, needles, thread, and 
' asmall hatchet, as well as one or more cannisters of preserv- 
_ ing powder, some pots of arsenical soap, or arsenical composi- | 
tion, and some boitles of spirit of turpentine. If in America, 
cotton may be employed in stuffing the skins, and therefore a 
considerable quantity should always be taken along with the 
naturalist. In parts of Asia and Africa where this cannot be | 
procured, tow must be employed, or old ropes teazed down; 
and where even these cannot be found, dried grass and moss 
_may be used. M. Le Vaillant used a species of dog-grass 
while in Africa, which is very abundant in that country; and 
it answered the purpose remarkably well. 
It being supposed that a traveller has an ample caravan, | 
| provided with all the necessaries which we have pointed | 
out, and having killed a quadruped, he will skin it immedi- | 
ately, according to the method which we have pointed out at 
page 6th. He will then sew up the skin after receiving a 
_ partial stuffing, and having been anointed with the arsenical 
soap, or composition. All the extremities must then be im- 
bued with spirit of turpentine, and the skin should be placed 
in some convenient place to dry, so that it may have the 
advantage of complete exposure to theair. The turpentine 
must be again applied at the end of three or four days, more 
especially around the mouth of the quadruped. 
It will be of the utmost advantage to remain a week or ten 
days at one place; by which means the naturalist will have 
had time to render himself somewhat acquainted with the ani- 
mals which localize in that neighbourhood. And as some 
species frequently confine themselves to a very limited spot, 
by leaving the place too hurriedly he is apt to overlook them. 
After the traveller has determined on leaving his canton- 
ment, he must see that all the objects he has collected are in 
2 condition to be removed. He must examine carefully each 
specimen, and see that they have not been aitacked by the 
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