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several times during the first and second day after they have been 

 stuffed, and any of them that may have fallen out of the position 

 required, to be adjusted. 



HARES ATS T D RABBITS. 



A very pretty attitude for the Hare or Eabbit, is to have it 

 seated in its form in an upright position, as if alarmed at the noise 

 of dogs, &c. An oval is formed of wire and attached to the in- 

 terior framework, after having passed one end of it through the 

 anus, which must be passed through a hole in the board on which 

 the animal is to be fixed. The wires of the hind legs must be 

 forced through the posterior part of them, and also fixed into 

 holes formed for their reception in the board. 



DEER, ANTELOPES, GOATS, ETC. 



These animals should be mounted on the same principles as 

 recommended for the Bears. A different mode must, however, 

 be adopted in skinning the animals, which the horns render 

 necessary. It is performed in the ordinary manner until the 

 operator reaches the neck. After cutting as near the head as 

 possible, another incision must be made, commencing under the 

 chin, which is continued to the bottom of the neck, or from eight 

 to ten inches in length. By this opening, the remainder of the 

 neck is separated from the head ; the tongue is cut out, and the 

 occipital orifice enlarged, and the brain extracted thereby. The 

 lips are now cut as near as possible to the jaw bones, and the 

 operator must continue progressively ascending towards the fore- 

 head, and in this manner all Jhe skin will be separated from the 

 head, except at the nose, or point of the muzzle. All the muscles 

 are next removed by the scalpel, and the skull well anointed with 

 arsenical soap. The muscles which have been cut out are then 

 imitated with chopped flax or cotton, which may be attached to 

 the bones with cement. When this is done, the head must bo 

 replaced within the skin. The orifice under the neck must now 

 be sewed up with fine stitches, so that the hair may spread over 

 them to conceal the seam. The whole other parts of the mount' 

 ing is completed as directed for the Bear. 



