64 QUAILOLOGY - TAXIDERM. 



Taxiderm - Taxidermy, 



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TRULY THE POSSESSOR of The Art of Taxidermy 

 hath been endowed with a touch from the God of All 

 Nature. As he carefully removes the coat that covered 

 the once graceful form of bird or beast and prepares for it a 

 new body, we but wonder at the patience and skill he has at- 

 tained. Yet see him now, as he shapes the specimen into a 

 beautiful form that would invite envy from the bird or beast 

 himself were he there to view his likeness. How cunning the 

 workman, what pleasure he takes from his efforts to reproduce 

 Nature in his den for himself and others admiration. Truly it 

 is Art, stolen from Nature, yet why can not we too partake of 

 the lessons and master the Art? 



We can, we do, not by his method but by others we are more 

 capable of mastering, that require less time, less practice, yet 

 for a moderate display of skill there is plenty of room if we 

 desire it. Thousands are using this method and you can learn 

 as well as they. It is the Taxiderm Method of Embalming 

 whereby only the viscera and eyes are removed and the remain- 

 der of the body left in, and preserved with Taxiderm, insuring 

 the natural and exact form of the once living specimen. 



The tools you require, the Taxiderm compound and the full 

 course of instructions are within your reach, a complete outfit 

 for Five Dollars, while should you follow our "remover of Nat- 

 ures coat" you will expend hundreds of dollars for treatises 

 and tools, and years of experience to reach that portion of the 

 Ideal of Perfection embodied in your first Taxiderm Specimen. 



