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Sight-protectors are necessary for rifles when in the gun cases, especially 
in hill shooting, where there is a deal of rough jolting during the marches. 
Skinning and drying pelts. —See Practical Taxidermy by Montagu Brown, 
F. z. s., which gives full instructions with diagrams for removing the skins of 
animals and birds, preserving and mounting specimens in camp and at home, 
with full particulars of the various well-known processes and details about 
certain reliable patent stuffs. Messrs. M. R. Murray & Oo., the well-known 
and excellent taxidermists and tanners of Harda, G. P., published in their cata¬ 
logue some useful hints on the subject of camp taxidermy, from which I extract 
the following with acknowledgments to the firm. 
Always dry any skin in the shade. Never leave fat on a skin. 
Rub ground alum or wood ashes on to raw side of skin when 
pegged out to dry. Never use hot ashes, nor apply ashes of any sort to 
the hair side. 
Rub plenty of alum on the ears, lips, nose, &c., both inside and out ; also 
to the feet of animals with claws. Arsenical soap should also be used, if possk 
ble, on the above portions to prevent insects. 
Never despatch skins before they are thoroughly dry. 
