CONTENTS 



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CHAPTER I. 

 The Eise and Progress of Taxidermy 1 



CHAPTER II. 

 Decoying and Trapping Animals 17 



CHAPTER III. 

 Necessary Tools 55 



CHAPTER lY. 

 Preservative Soaps, Powders, etc 63 



CHAPTER V. 

 Skinning and Preserving Birds 91 



CHAPTER VI. 

 Skinning and Preserving Mammals 128 



CHAPTER VII. 



Modelling of Animals by Substitution of Clay, Compo- 

 sition, Plaster Casts, or Wax for Loose Stuffing ... 151 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Skinning, Preserving, and Mounting Fish, and Casting 

 Fishes, in Plaster, etc 173 



