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and completely covered with the same kind of preparation 

 as directed for preserving Quadrupeds in spirits, the feet and 

 tail may also be preserved in the same way. 



After all the flesh and integuments are removed from the 

 interior of the shell, it may be placed in a clear running 

 stream, or in clef^n water, for a week or ten days, when it 

 should be examined, and any parts of the flesh or skin that 

 may be found adhering removed, it should then be sutfered 

 to dry gradually in the shade : ail the smaller kinds may be 

 preserved entire, for these, it will be proper to mix one half 

 of pure spirit, with an equal quantity of solution of Allum ; 

 the latter to be made by pouring three pints of boiling water 

 on one pound of burnt Ailum, v^hich should be suffered to 

 cool previous to mixing it with the spirit. Frogs, the smaller 

 kinds of Lizards and Serpents, are best preserved in the 

 last-mentioned preparation ; as likewise the eggs of such as 

 are not covered v.ith a hard shell. 



The larger kinds of Lizards, as Crocodiles, Guanas, &c., 

 should be skinned, the former as already directed for Qua- 

 drupeds, leaving the same bones, using all the precautions, 

 and the same antisceptic powder, as there recommended. 

 Guanas may be opened along the belly, and the leg bones 

 and skulls retained ; the powder should be wel'-rabbed on 

 the inside of Ihe skin, and the interior of the head, both 

 within the mouth, and where the body is separated t\om the 

 head. Snakes that are too bulky to be preserved entire, 

 should be opened just above the vent, and the tail lirst ex- 

 tracted from the skin, which can easily be stripped otf the 

 other part of the body, leaving the head entire, as in the 



