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To promote thefe purpofes more effectually, 

 a knowledge of the means of preferving birds 

 and other animals nvaft be highly defirable. The 

 methods made ufe of, by captain Davies, and 

 T. S. Kuckahn, have been publifhed in the 

 philofophical Tranfa&ions (r). 



The former directs birds in perfect plumage, 

 " to be opened from the upper part of the breaft 

 " to the vent, with a fharp knife, or pair of fciffars, 

 " the feathers of the breaft and belly being firft 

 <c carefully laid afide by the fingers, fo as not to 

 <f hinder the fkin being eafily come at. The 

 tf {kin muft then be carefully loofened from all 

 <f the flefhy parts of the breait, body, thighs, 

 *' and wings ; after this, cut off all the flefh from 

 (< thofe parts, and take out alfo the entrails and 

 <c all the infide ; then, having got a composition 

 <c of burnt alum, camphor, and cinnamon, of each 

 ** an equal quantity, well powdered and mixed 

 iC together ; ftrew fome of this powder lightly 

 <c over the whole carcafe ; but fait is by no 

 €t means to be ufed in this compofition, as it al- 

 c< ways will drop and nafty the plumage in moift 

 <f weather : pour alfo into the body a fmall 

 <c quantity of camphor diffolved in rectified fpi- 

 (( rits of wine ; after that, fill up the cavity with 

 <f fine cotton, or any foft woolly fubftance, pour- 

 <f ing fome of the aforefaid fpirits into the cot- 

 <( ton or fluffing. Open next the mouth, and 

 s ' with a pair of fciffars take away the tongue, 

 c * the roof of the mouth, eyes, brains, and in- 

 <f fide of the head ; fill that alfo with the fame 

 <c compofiticn ; and, having procured eyes as 

 e< near the natural ones as poflible, put them 



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