MOUNTING MAMMALS. 
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Screw a broad flat nut on (Fig. 17, b), then have 
another nut ready to screw on above the first. 
Prepare a strip of board a little shorter than the 
natural body of the mammal, and in this bore four 
holes, two at each end, with one extra between the 
two, but a little back of them on the front end. 
After bending the bolts so as to form the legs, 
place the ends in the holes and screw on the 
nuts, place the lower ends of the irons in the 
holes in the stand and screw on the nuts, thus 
the beginning of the structure will stand firm. 
Fasten the end of the fifth iron firmly in the brain 
cavity by filling in with plaster, or wedging in 
pieces of wood, and screw the lower end in place. 
Now wind excelsior on the legs to the proper size 
and form ; cover it with a thin layer of cotton. 
Then place on the body in sections of excelsior of 
exactly the form and size of life, and cover with 
clay. The neck is now to be formed in the same 
way; of course to get all the parts accurate, one 
must have the natural body, which has been re- 
moved, at hand, or should have the correct 
measurement of it. The skin, from which the leg 
bones have been removed quite to the toe-nails, 
may be fitted on occasionally to judge the effect. 
Procure sheet lead, and, if too thick, beat it out; 
