MOUNTING MAMMALS. 93 



Screw a broad flat nut on (Fig. 17, b), then have 

 another nut ready to screw on above the first. 

 Prepare a strip of board a little shorter than the 

 natural body of the mammal, and in this bore four 

 holes, two at each end, with one extra between the 

 two, but a little back of them on the front end. 

 After bending the bolts so as to form the legs, 

 place the ends in the holes and screw on the 

 nuts, place the lower ends of the irons in the 

 holes in the stand and screw on the nuts, thus 

 the beginning of the structure will stand firm. 

 Fasten the end of the fifth iron firmly in the brain 

 cavity by filling in with plaster, or wedging in 

 pieces of wood, and screw the lower end in place. 

 Now wind excelsior on the legs to the proper size 

 and form ; cover it with a thin layer of cotton. 

 Then place on the body in sections of excelsior of 

 exactly the form and size of life, and cover with 

 clay. The neck is now to be formed in the same 

 way; of course to get all the parts accurate, one 

 must have the natural body, which has been re- 

 moved, at hand, or should have the correct 

 measurement of it. The skin, from which the leg 

 bones have been removed quite to the toe-nails, 

 may be fitted on occasionally to judge the effect. 

 Procure sheet lead, and, if too thick, beat it out; 



