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ZOOLOGY. 



[Sect, XL 



in which the head is larger than the neck, and conse- 

 quently could not be drawn through that part without 

 stretching the skin : it is advisable to make an incision in 

 tlie skin at one side of the head, and thus uncover the 

 skull to remove the fleshy partSj not forgetting the tongue, 

 eyesj and brain. In small birds a quill cut in a slanting 

 manner will be found useful to scoop out the brain ; a 

 little wool may afterwards be wound round it to remove 

 any moisture that may remain in the hollow parts of the 

 skull, ^^/bilst skinning the head, upon reaching the eye 

 it will be necessary to cut the tough membrane that sur- 

 rounds that part. The brain and flesh being thoroughly 

 removed, and the skin anointed with the arsenical soap,* 

 the limbs are easilv drawn back, a little cotton or tow 

 being previously wrapped round the thigh-bones, and 



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Receipt for Arnenical Soap, 



Camphor . 

 Arsenic in po'wder 

 White soap . 

 Salts of tartar 

 Lime in powder * 



5 ounces, 

 2 pounds. 

 2 pounds. 

 12 ounces. 

 4 ounces. 



Cut the soap in thin small slices^ as tliln as possible, pat thetn in a pot 

 over a gentle fire, with Tery little "water, taking care to stir it often with 

 a wooc-... poon: when it is well melted, put in the salts of tartar and 

 pow{lered chalk. Take it off the fire, add the arsenic, and triturate the 

 whole e-'^tly. Lastly, put in the camphor; which must first be reduced 

 to powder in a mortar by the help of a little spirits of wine; mix the 

 whole well together. This paste ougbt then to have the consistence of 

 flour paste. Put it into china or glazed earthen pots, taking care to put 

 a ticket on each. 



When it is to be used^ put the necessary quantity into a preserve-pot, 

 dilute it with a little cold water until it ha=: tliC consistence of cream ; 

 cover this pot with a lid of pasteboard, in the middle of which bore a 

 hole for the handle of the br 



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The three first 5x.;zredients in the above receipt may be used, if the 

 whole cannot be readily obtained. 



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