LETTERS, QUESTIONS 
AND ANSWERS 
(Continued from page 252) 
HOW TO MOUNT FISH 
CiNCE my article “How to Mount 
^ Fish’’ in December Forest and 
Stream was written I have mounted a 
number of different species of fish, and 
with the extra experience gained 1 wish 
to give readers that advantage. 
I find it most important that unless 
the skin is thoroughly washed before 
mounting the salt and saltpetre will 
ooze out and dry on the skin—after be¬ 
ing varnished. It is much better, J find, 
not to use salt at all, unless a large, thick 
skin is left unmounted a month or more. 
The skin will keep quite fresh without 
salt for several w r eeks in a cool place if 
well wrapped up in a damp cloth. 
I also failed to note that the fins and 
tail dry out- almost transparent and the 
natural color fades completely as also 
does the skin, so that, to do" a really 
good job, the fish must be painted all 
over. The beautiful lemon yellow and 
green has to be painted on both bass 
and pickerel; also the belly of all fish 
should be whitened up with paint. The 
head requires careful painting in pink, 
purple and blue with bits of cream yel¬ 
low' and green. The amateur will find 
the painting up to natural colors quite 
the most difficult part of the job. 
For copies as guides in color, fairly 
good colored represenations of all game- 
fish have been printed in the New' York 
Conservation Reports for 1885 to 1891. 
Another thing: before you skin the fish 
take a careful outline tracing—and mea¬ 
surements round the body—at shoulders, 
middle, and near tail—as a guide to carve 
the fish. 
Louis Rhead, New York. 
NESSMUK’S CAMPFIRE 
(Continued from page 249) 
rigger variety, fitted with a pin running 
through a hole in the loom of the oar. 
Fitted in this way, the oars could be 
dropped without thought, when they 
would trail alongside of, and parallel 
to, the boat and out of the w'ay. They 
cannot be feathered, which is a great 
disadvantage in a strong wind and per¬ 
sonally, I should prefer the usual lock, 
taking the oars in when not in im- 
■ mediate use. 
If the materials and workmanship are 
both good—finish the boat with several 
coats of varnish, inside and out. Other¬ 
wise, paint makes the best job of it. 
Skiffs were at first fitted with a single 
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sail and 25 in the mizzen. Usually 
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being done by the trim of the sails and 
shifting the weight of crew forward or 
aft. A center board or other lateral 
plane should be fitted of about 2 l /\ in 
area. 
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