TAXIDERMY AND MODELLING 



and the points rounded, the other end being fixed within a 

 handle. It is used for pushing tow or other materials into the 

 necks and bodies of small animals. No. 17 is a larger form 

 made out of one piece of stout brass wire turned around at 

 the bottom to form a handle. 



No. 18 is the necessary pair of calipers for taking the 

 diameters of solid bodies, and is therefore useful for getting the 

 approximate sizes of the bodies of small animals, when skinned 

 out, for reproduction in tow or modelling-materials. This 

 shaped caliper will also, in many cases, take the place of the 

 dividers. 



No. 1 9 is a cheap " mop " brush made of some soft hair, 

 useful for stroking a bird's feathers into place before "cottoning." 



No. 20 is a steel wire pointed, with one end fixed within 

 a handle ; it is used to drill the long bones of small animals. 

 No. 21 is a longer and thicker steel wire, the upper end of 

 which is flattened and to be inserted in a brace or drill-stock, 

 the lower end being broadened as an ordinary drill for larger 

 bones. Sets of various sizes of these can be made at little 

 cost. 



No. 2 2 is the ordinary " twist drill " of American origin. 

 It is figured as being the best form of tool with which to bore 

 rapidly and safely through large or thick bones, either length- 

 wise or at any angle. The lower end is to be inserted into the 

 stock of the brace. 



No. 23 is a three-cornered "skin-needle," which, used with 

 a sail-maker's " palm " (not figured), will go rapidly through the 

 thickest skin and save previous boring with an awl. No. 24 is 

 a skin-needle in a handle, which makes a most efficient piercing 

 instrument. 



No. 25 is a steel handle, with a universal chuck-head which 

 screws up, and takes, and holds, any drilling instrument in its 

 jaws, from a large brad-awl to a fine needle, and is therefore 



