370 MODE OF PREPARING 



process, and which is a circular cut carried around 

 both haunches, not many inches from and having 

 the tail for a centre. The hide is then stripped 

 over the thighs, and two smaller incisions being 

 made around the middle joint of the hind legs, 

 enable them to be drawn out. A stick is now 

 placed to extend these extremities, and by this, for 

 the convenience of the operators, the whole 

 carcase is suspended from the branch of a tree, and 

 by some easy pulls around the body, the skin is 

 gradually withdrawn over the forelegs, which are 

 incised around the knees to admit of their being 

 taken out; after which, the head being removed, 

 the whole business concludes by the skin being 

 pulled inside out over the decollated neck. One of 

 the parties now takes a rough stone and well rubs 

 the inside surface, to divest it of a few fibres of the 

 subcutaneous muscle which are inserted into the 

 skin, and after this operation it is laid aside until 

 the next day ; the more interesting business of 

 attending to the meat calling immediate attention. 



These entire skins are afterwards made into 

 sacks by the apertures around the neck and legs 

 being secured by a double fold of the skin being 

 sewed upon each other, by means of a slender but 

 very tough thong. These small seams are rendered 

 quite air-tight, and the larger orifice around the 

 haunches being gathered together by the hands, the 

 yet raw skin is distended with air, and the orifice 

 being then tied up, the swollen bag is left in that 



