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MUSEUMS* 



hands. One of these will do the work within the 

 head, and the other that without: for the lips re- 

 quire to be re-formed with a beautiful rotundity ; 

 and this can only be effected by means of the inner 

 and the outer irons working in opposite directions. 

 During the actual operation, the animal need not be 

 kept in its original position. A smaller animal may 

 be placed on the operators lap: the larger may be 

 thrown on the ground, or on the table. Every day 

 the nose, and lips, and orbits ought to be touched 

 with the oil and turpentine, in order to keep them 

 moist. At first, after you have used the working- 

 iron in every quarter where it is required, there will 

 be no appearance of a re-formation of the features* 

 Nevertheless, in the due course of time, as the skin 

 stiffens, the artist will see the features gradually 

 appear; and every day he will be more and more 

 content with his work. At last, the skin will retain 

 the slightest impression communicated to it by the 

 touch of the working-iron. Thus the artist will 

 have it fully in his power to reproduce wrinkles, or 

 warts, or hollows, or a smooth surface, just as occa- 

 sion may require. 



The fur will be equally under his command. He 

 will raise it, or depress it, according to circumstances, 

 and it will retain the position ever after. Thus, a 

 stuffed cat in anger will exhibit a tail of the same 

 extraordinary bulk which it does when a dog threat- 

 ens its existence. 



All animals ought to be well washed in soap and 

 water, wdtli a hard brush, before they are skinned* 



