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for reafons heretofore mentioned ; then lay the 
bird on its back upon a table covered with feveral 
folds of fome foft cloth ; feparate the feathers of the 
bread: and belly very carefully, fo that you may 
come at the fkin, in which, about the middle of the 
bread, make an incifion juft big enough to introduce 
the end of a quill- barrel, which enter and blow 
ftrongly through, until the fkin is entirely detached 
from the flefh. Continue the incifion down along 
the belly to the anus, and contrary-wife up to the 
craw ; double back the fkin on both tides, carefully 
guarding the plumage with cotton to prevent its be- 
ing foiled during the operation ; and take out the 
craw. This done, run a fharp fmooth fkewer crofs- 
ways through the bread, and lifting the bird up by 
it with the left hand, introduce with the other, one 
point of a fharp drong pair of fciffors clofe by the 
edge of the bread- bone, and clip along by it, till the 
bread, together with the flediy parts of the belly, are 
entirely feparated, taking great care not to cut the 
intedines. Thefe mud be next extracted, and all the 
blood and other moidure dryed up with cotton, fpunge, 
or tow, with vvhich the cavity of the body is to be 
filled. Then draw down the neck within the 
fkin until you can come to the back of the ikull, 
out of which cut a fmall piece, and extrad the 
brains ; and having dried the cavity well with cot- 
ton, dip a hair pencil in the liquid varnifh and wafh 
it well therewith, and over it drew fome of the dry 
compound and fill it up with cotton. Next apply the 
liquid to the outfide of the fkull clofe down to the 
root of the bill, and over that alfo drew fome of the 
powder ^ proceed in the fame manner with the neck. 
