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experiments, and variety of methods and compo- 
fitions, found to anfwer better than any I have ever 
met with. A fpecimen of my own preservation I 
have alfo fent with this, in order for your infpe&ion j 
and if you fhould think worth while, to communi- 
cate the fame to the Royal Society, as by that 
means it may be publifhed to the world, for the 
advantage of thofe who are defirous of adding frefh 
fpecimens to the collections of natural curiofities. 
The Receipt is as follows: 
Let a bird, bead:, or any fuch like production 
of nature, be procured, that has been well pre- 
ferved in its death, either naturally or by fhot, as 
thofe that intend making any tolerable collection 
muft do. I would not recommend fhooting them 
(birds in particular) with fhot fmaller than com- 
mon partridge fhot, or N°. 5, and that at a con- 
fiderable diftance, to prevent their being torn with 
too great a number. Having procured a bird as 
aforefaid, let it be opened from the upper part of the 
bread, to the vent, with a fharp knife or pair of 
fciftars, the feathers of the bread and belly being 
firft carefully laid afide by the fingers, fo as not to 
hinder the fkin being eafily come at. The fkin muft 
then be carefully loofened from all the flefhy parts 
of the bread, body, thighs, and wings ; then cut off 
all the flefli from thofe parts, and take out alfo the 
entrails and all the infide : then, having got a com- 
pofition of burnt allum, camphire, and cinnamon, of 
each an equal quantity, v/ell powdered and mixt to- 
gether, ftrew fome of this powder lightly over the 
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