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COLLECTOR S MANUAL 



brushing. If this is not sufficient, wash carefully with clean, 

 cold water and a bit of cotton, being careful not to wet a larger 

 area than necessary. Then dry by dusting in fine sawdust or 

 corn meal. This drying is hastened if the wet area is moistened 

 with benzine or a good grade of straight gasoline. 



The skin is now ready for stuffing. A properly made skin 

 should have essentially the same length measurement as before 



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Fig. 10. — Inserting bod}' filling. 



skinning. Take a piece of cotton batting that when rolled will 

 approximate the original size of the animal's body. With the 

 forceps, grasp the rolled cotton at the end which is to go into 

 the head, and insert it through the opening (fig. 10) cut in the 

 abdominal region of the skin. With the other hand slip the skin 

 over the roll of cotton until the end held by the forceps reaches 

 the nose. Remove the forceps and work the skin backward over 

 the hinder part of the rolled cotton. 



