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shoulder bone, and the hind legs by the base of the thigh 

 bone. The whole of the leg bones are to be left in their 



places, until the operation with the other part of the body 

 is completed. In skinning the neck and head the skin 





must oe 



ned 



great 



taken, in 



separating the skin fr^"^ the head, that the ears and eye 



lids be not cut. The s^^H being drawn olf the head as 



separated from the 



far as the ears, the head should be 

 neck^ and then freed from every particle of flesh, such as 

 the tongue, &c. ; and the brain taken out by making an 

 opening at the back of the skulL The next thing is to 

 skin the legs and the tail. In these parts, as in the neck, 

 the skin must be turned inside out : all the flesh then 



orne 



the skin over them, firsi 



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their places by re~drawin 



ing a little cotton or tow round the bones to prevent the 



skin adhering to them when it dries. 



In animals of moderate or larsre size, it will be neces- 



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ary to skin the face upwards, commencing from the lips 

 in order that all the flesh may be removed from the bone 

 of the face. 



In most colonies native assistants may be soon taught 

 this process, and nothing more is necessary beyond washing 

 and then wiping the skin tolerably dry, if it h to be put 

 into spirit or solution : but if int-^^ded to be sent home 

 dry, then the interior surface, with the bones, must be 

 anointed with arsenical soap, and likewise the nostrils, ears, 

 and lips, internally ; and the hair or fur ought to be wetted 

 with a weak solution of corrosive sublimate. The skin 

 should then be stuffed with tow or cotton, but not t'^jhtly 

 so as to stretch it. 



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