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DIRECTIONS, 
MATERIALS AND IMPLEMENTS USED. 
1. The only substance which can be fully relied 
upon for the preservation of animal skins is arsenic.— 
This is to be used either dry, or mixed with water, al- 
cohol or whiskey, to the consistence of cream, and ap 
plied to the inside of the skin. In cases where arsenic 
is not to be procured, recourse may be had to corrosive 
sublimate, copperas or sulphate of iron, alum, snulf, or 
any other poisonous or astringent substance. Care 
must be taken to wash or powder every portion of the 
skin, especially about the head and joints. Objects of 
almost any kind, and of a suitable size can be best kept 
in spirituous liquors, as alcohol, whiskey, brandy, rum 
or in spirits of turpentine. The implements necessary 
are, a knife, pair of scissors, needle and thread, and a 
hook by which to suspend the carcase of an animal 
while skinning it. To prepare this latter article, take 
a string of proper length, from one to three feet, and 
fasten one end of it to a stout fish hook, which has had 
the barb broken off. By means of a loop at the other 
end, you can suspend it to a nail or awl, which, when 
the hook is inserted into the body of an animal, will 
give you free use of both hands, in the operation of 
skinning. 
