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country hides and skins. While proper skinning, without scares or 
cuts, requires practice, a proper pattern requires only a sharp knife 
Fig. 16.— Skinning near the rump. Observe particularly the position of the knife 
blade. 
Fig. 17. — Well down on the side. The red muscles over the belly have been partly 
removed with the hide. This is a common error in skinning. 
and straight ripping-open cuts along the correct lines. Figures 18 
and 19 show these cuts at the fore and hind legs, respectively. All 
