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only one side of a specimen. That side should 

 be covered with tissue paper, as directed, and the 

 other side, soft parts, bone, etc., cut away. 

 Poison, place the skin on a board, and pin or 

 nail the edges fast, that it may not contract while 

 drying. Mount specimens with glass eyes, and 

 brush over with a coat of varnish. If spots, etc., 

 fade, they must be touched up with paint. 



REPTILES. SKINNING. 



Snakes, frogs, etc.. may be opened along the 

 belly, or they may be skinned through the mouth. 

 If the latter, open the mouth as wide as possible, 

 and with the scissors cut through the body and 

 first vertebra. Seize the stump with a pair of 

 forceps, and carefully push the muscles from the 

 skin, at the same time drawing the body out of 

 the mouth. This, of course, inverts the skin. 

 Poison thoroughly. 



MOUNTING. 



The best way to treat frogs is to fill out the 

 skin with sand, and when dry let the sand out of 

 it through pin holes. Put in eyes and varnish. 



