iS8 TAXIDERMY AND MODELLING 



described. The shape of this block,' viewed as a section, now 

 being as shown in the accompanying figure, two screwholes 



should be drilled in the block 

 (see dotted lines), by which to 

 affix the neck-support mentioned 

 hereafter. 



This block being inserted 

 pj^ J in the space cut out from the 



model, the shoulders A — A 

 should fit under the edges of the paper, whilst the sides B — B 

 are included within the thickness of the model, so that all fits 

 as snugly, within it as possible, the V-shaped depression C — C 

 following the original lines of the model. (See also Fig. 3, 

 Plate VII., for an elevation of this, and for the following neck- 

 support.) 



The neck-support, to which the head-block is to be screwed, 

 is made of a piece of wood 2" by i-^-", and of such a length as 

 may be required — usually about 9 inches, — and, whilst the 

 upper extremity is left square, the lower or neck extremity 

 must be sawn off at such an angle that, when the completed 

 head is fixed upon the wall, the distal extremities of the horns 

 shall not touch. The head -block is screwed to one end of 

 this, and the T-shaped block (as it now is) is well bedded into 

 its proper , position, in the paper head by means of. wadding 

 saturated with glue — the wadding being also packed around 

 the junction of the neck- and. head-pieces as a further aid and 

 support to . the screws. This must be well pressed in, and 

 although some regard to the ultimate weight must be observed, 

 yet this glued wadding must not be used too sparingly, taking 

 into consideration the weight of the horns which the blocks 

 have to carry, Outside,, the joining of the wood and paper 

 may be filled in by the same method, and, over this, calico 

 should be pasted. The open space where the neck should 



