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On the Art of Taxidermy. 
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easily worked, is procurable in any quantity and in blocks of any size, and 
its color gives to buildings constructed with it a warm hue, which is parti- 
cularly agreeable to the eye. To those, therefore, who are not so obstinately 
wedded to custom as to prefer the dazzling glare of white-washed walls to the 
more pleasing tints of stone fronts, and who are not unwilling, through ill- 
judged economy, to set aside, for the more permanent monuments of a chaste 
and dignified art, the ephemeral productions of ill formed taste, the quarries 
of Agra will be found a valuable and productive resource, affording the means 
of giving reality to the boldest conceptions of the most fruitful genius : and whether 
it be tor the sculptor’s chisel, or tbe more humble though not less useful purpose 
of the mason, the sandstone there produced is scarcely to be equalled, and 
certainly not to be surpassed, by any material in India. 
TABLE 
shewing the results of experiments made on sandstone slabs, from the quarries near 
Agra, measuring 4§ feet in length, 12 inches in breadth, and 1$ inches in thickness. 
No. 
Description. 
Specific gravity. 
| Weight of a cubic foot 
in lbs. 
Weight of the speci- 
men dry. 
Weight of the speci- 
men wet. 
s 
3 
cs 
0) 
-a 
i »i 
.2 2 
7Z 
— u 
be a 
"£ 
& 
1 
cs o 
CB Ct 
.a 
C <*, 
.3 O 
C •*-* 
— CS 
5 k 
r .£ - 
J o £ 
CC-C 3 
Q 
fm 
o o 
oa — c 
«*- sQ j 
v c- • 
IIS li 
> z 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
Red sandstone slabs, dry, 
Mean?, 
2275 
2346 
2346 
142 
146 
146 
80 
82f 
82* 
• • 
• • 
« • 
304 
390 
482 
,362 
,50 
>75 
45 
57 
71 
2322 
144| 
81f 
• • 
392 
,537 
57 
Salmon colored do. dry, 
2389 
2361 
2260 
149 
147 
141 
84 
83 
79| 
• • 
• • 
• ■ 
555 
617 
555 
>75 
,50 
,50 
82 
91 
82 
2336 
145§ 
82i 
• • 
575 
,58 
85 
Red sandstone do. wet. 
Means, 
2268 
2190 
2190 
141 
136 
136 
79$ 
77 
77 
83f 
82 
81 
344 
498 
316 
,75 
,625 
,75 
50 
75 
46 
2216 
137§ 
78i 
82f 
386 
,708 
56 
Salmon colored, do. 
Means, 
2012 
2140 
2131 
125 
133 
133 
7 Of 
75| 
75 
74 f 
78f 
77f 
266 
203 
432 
,75 
,100 
»625 
39 
30 
64 
2094 
130J 
73f 
77 1 | 
300 
,791 
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VIII. — On the ^4rt of Taxidermy. 
g -1° Editor of Gleanings in Science. 
snmJwItu 11 !. provinces l abounding with birds of rare, if not unknown species, and 
co h h ? T . beautlful bas created a taste in travellers for 
S . pecimens : and 111 °' der to encourage this pursuit, I have thrown 
vice frvr ? W1IJ £ memoranda on the art of Taxidermy, which are atyourser- 
m, ° r . Publication. They may prove interesting to some of your readers. 
not eL iv^ Sh0U w bC c a ,0We(1 t0 g6 u Cold ilfter il is killed ’ that tbe feathers may 
easily come off. Some cotton should be put in the mouth to prevent blood 
thatTt h was iS . S0 ®T ha t ubqve tbe truth, but in so small a degree 
places. i ought better to reject the fractions and enter whole numbers in their 
