Preparing Fishes and Reptiles, 45 



Snakes may be stuffed out with sand, or a body 

 may be made. For the latter, take a piece of 

 annealed wire, rather shorter than the specimen, 

 wind with tow to the required size, and place in 

 the skin. The wire enables you to give the spec- 

 imen any position desired ; while, if sand is used, 

 the specimen must either lie coiled up or straight. 

 If the mouth is to be kept open, a tongue maybe 

 made of fine wire and painted red. 



