46 ZOOLOGY. 



■with a view to preserve the skins of Animals, and to exhibif: 

 them in their natural forms, for v?hich purpose the mode we 

 have practised with the greatest success, we shall now pro- 

 ceed to detail. 



Having obtained any quadruped which we are anxious to 

 preserve, we take its measurement, as, by so doing, we are 

 the better enabled to judge of its proportions when exhi- 

 bited in a cabinet. The length of the Animal from the 

 nose to the insertion of the tail, the length of the tail ; the 

 height at the shoulders and hips ; the girth at the neck, 

 breasts, and loins, and any remarkable appearance in tha 

 itructure of any of its parts, should all be carefully noted. 



In drawing or describing any Quadruped, the following 

 particulars should be observed. The number, form, disposi- 

 tion or absence of the teeth, horns, and claw^ ; if the latter 

 are retractile as in the Cat tribe ; the form of the feet or 

 hoofs, whether the Animal be covered with wool, hair, 

 spines or scales ; does it possess any name ; the form of its 

 ears and tail, if the latter be prehensile, or is capable of 

 being used as an auxiliary in seizing any object, or to assist 

 it in escaping from any danger ; if the posteriors are bare or 

 callous, and if the Animal is capable of distending its cheeks, 

 Ko as to form pouches, as in many of the Monkey tribe ; or 

 if possessed of abdominal pouches for the securing of their 

 young, as in many of the Quadrupeds of New Holland ; 

 the color of the eyes should be noticed the iiistant the 

 Animal is obtained, as almost immediately after death it is 

 subject to change. 



