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" fars take away the tongue, the roof of the" 

 " mouth (#), eyes, brains ( v), and infide of the 

 " head (z) ; fill that alfo with the fame com- 

 u pofition ; and having procured eyes as neaf 

 " the natural ones as poflible, put them into 

 " the fockets by means of a fmall pair of nip-* 

 u pers introduced at the mouth. The eyes will 

 *' be beft made by letting fall fome drops of 

 " black fealing wax on a card of the fize of 

 *• the natural ones {a) ; the card muft be cut 

 " fomething larger than the wax, to prevent 

 " their falling out of the head. Fill the head 

 "quite full with cotton, pouring fome of the 

 <c fpirits down the throat, with fome of the 

 " powder ; a fmall piece of brafs wire, that has 

 " been heated in the fire to make it pliable, 

 " may be put down the throat, being paifed 

 <c through one of the noftrils, and fattened to 

 ** the breaft bone, to place the head in any atti- 

 " tude you choofe next fill up the body, where 

 " the flelh has been taken away, with cotton 

 and your compofitionj and having a fine 



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(x) To remove the roof of the mouth is both difficult 

 and unneceffary. 



(j) In large birds the brains may be extracted by the 

 eyes ; the beft inftrument for this purpofe, is a director ufed 

 by furgeons, which may be had of an inftrument maker at 

 a trifling expence. 



(z) Kuckahn directs the neck to be pulled within the 

 fein, till the back of the fkull is drawn in fight, out of which 

 a fmall piece is to be cut, and the brains extracted ; the 

 cavity of the fkull is then to be moiftened with the varnifhy 

 fprinkled with the powder, and filled up with cotton, 

 and then the Ikin may be drawn back to its proper 

 place; but this is troublefome and injurious to the fubject. 



(a) Wax is not a proper fubftance for eyes ; there are 

 perfons in London, whofe bufinefs it is to make glafs eyes 

 f f any fize or color, at a penny or two pence a pair. 



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