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filling them with the fame mixture, was 

 fome time fince publifhed in one of the 

 monthly Magazines ; and the author, if 

 I miftake not, thought it an important 

 difcovery, which, it feems, he obtained 

 in Paris, tho' not without great diffi- 

 culty. 



The method of doing this in Guiana, 

 is to put the Bird, which is to be pre- 

 ferved, in a proper veffel, and cover him 

 with High Wines, or the firft Running 

 of the Diftillation of Rum. In this 

 Spirit he is fuffered to remain for twen- 

 ty-four or forty-eight hours, or longer, 

 according to his fize, till it has penetra- 

 ted thro 1 every part of his body. When 

 this is done, the Bird is taken out, and 

 his feathers, which are no ways chang- 

 ed by this immerfion, are placed fmooth 

 and regular. He is then put into a 

 machine, made for the purpofe, among 

 a number of others, and its head, feet, 



wings, 



