In presenting this work it is best to give a brief sketch regarding a business that has been 
established, a few results of which, under the head of the Taxidermist Department, are illustrated 
on the following pages. 
In the Ornithologist and Oologist, Vol. 15 , No. 11, 1890 , we find the following: 
Natural History Business. 
Perhaps one of the most alluring branches of 
industry is the one known under the above 
title. Dating back to the time Adam secured 
his first specimen “ Eve ” to the present day it 
has been carried on more or less by mankind in 
every clime. The vastness of the field, with its 
various branches, offer every facility to meet 
the taste of all. The man who ignores anthro- 
“ biting ” flea. Some pursue the",calling as a 
study, some as a pastime, while others turn to 
it under the exacting law, “By the sweat of 
thy brow.” To the man who by the smile of 
fortune can combine study and pleasure, it 
offers a continual pleasure, while to him who 
follows it as a business the extent and variety 
are the rocks that court financial shipwreck. 
The vast numbers scattered over the country 
who are engaged in making private collections, 
3 . FRANK BLAKE WEBSTER, 1890. 
pology bows in reverence to conchology. He 
who would travel miles to worship at the 
shrine of herpetology scorns ornithology, while 
the magnate who looks in utter amazement at 
the toil of the entomologist, strips off his rai¬ 
ment and with the energy of youth collects the 
and who by the routine of life are confined to a 
locality, must look to others for assistance 
and procure specimens from other localities 
either by purchase or exchange. 
This is often done by direct communication 
between collectors, but as a rule will be found 
