How to Stuff Birds and Animals

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it stand over night, and, the next morning, draw it off into a clean bottle. When the solution is applied to black substance

will be a good test of the state of the solution: if it b

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Tartar,

Lime, ?

kind. When it is properly melted, the powdered lime and salt of tartar must then be added, and thoroughly mixed. It must now be taken off the fire, the arsenic added gently, and stirred. The camphor mu

ery rapidly escape. It may now be poured into glazed earthen pots, and allowed to cool, after which a piece of paper should be placed ov

purpose into a preserve pot, and add to it about an equal proportion

e as possible, and used with ca

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nce, for preserving the skins of stuffed animals. He observes, at the same time, that it penetrates them

of Potash,

of Alum

d Camph

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of Win

of Thyme

a heat of twenty five degrees, and they will be perfectly combined in twenty-four hours. The essence of thyme is then added, when the vial must be care

OF PEAR

earl-ash to one

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it to cool gradually; this renders it soft and plia

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rabic

Flour,

a tea-s

ed, and mixed well with

different objects, and especially f

PA

gar Cand

um-Arabi

arch, or hair-powder, and mix the whole well together. This paste may be used for many purposes, and it never spoils. It may be dried, and by pouring a little

R PA

e sublimate, or powdered corrosive sublimate. This will prevent the attack of mites, to which p

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jects, it is extremely apt to get too brittle in very warm weather, and to crack or split off in scales; to

PASTE,

rs, and when the water has evaporated, boil it again for a similar length of time. Take out the paper, and squeeze it well in a colander, and then pound it in a mortar,

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to a tin pepper-box, and when any of the parts of Parrots' bills, etc., are wished to have this powdered appearance, a little o

VARN

h an ounce of strong spirit of wine, which will dissolve it within four or five hours. It may

ny color of varnish, may be made from

reen; pink and blue makes purple; red and yellow, orange; black, red, and yellow, brown; black and blue, gray. T

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on R

duced into a

low

Turpe

imes the quantity required, to allow room for boiling up. An earthenware pipkin with a handle is the best thing for the purpose,

chre has been added, it must be allowed to boil six or eight minutes; the turpentine is then added, and briskly stirred with the spatula, and continue

e, dropped on a cool plate, or flat piece of iron. If it is too soft, more of

FLAX S

. They are extremely uniform in their thickness, being made to weight, and can eas

ING ENAMEL-EY

on their eyes; it will, therefore, be evident that great a

in the middle, and perpendicularly to the point of the pipe, the quantity of enamel necessary to form the enamel. The second enamel is then incorporated with the first by presenting it to the flame, while attention is paid to turn the pipe gradually round, so that the enamel may diffuse itself equally, and the iris be exactly circular. If it

e pressure which is used in applying the different substances; air must again be supplied from time to time to prevent it from losi

lame; when the air contained in the globe, and rarified by the pipe, comes through at the place where the flame has most action. This opening is prolonged by turning the point of the flat pincers, or an iron-wir

NG AND MOUNTING QUADRUPEDS,

s with pointed blades, and two or three pointed forceps of diffe

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ncer for t

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r perfora

les; also various shoemaker's a

reservative on the animals' and birds' skins

of iron-wire

isted ropes or cords. A quantity of tow and flax slivers fo

od meshes for ass

IONS TO

eir habits, and the situation in which they are likely to be found, and to take them in traps and snares. They are also more

under a continued degree of excitement. Every care should be taken to soothe and caress them; and there is no animal whose manners cannot be softened by gentle treatment. During fine weather, they should be allowed to take exercise on the deck, as nothing is so injurious to their health and growth as being long pent up i

tion of those who are bringing them home, it will be easy to procure the assistance of some of th

g the head and feet. Those of the mammalia, which can be put i

e bones, take off the flesh, and dry them. Afterwards all the bones belonging to the same skeleton should be put in a bag by themselves, taking care to fill up the bag with dried moss, or any other

ble, to the size of the bird to be shot at. When the bird is killed, the blood must be carefully wiped away, and a little cotton m

e kept attached to the skin. If several individuals of the same species be killed, one should, if possible, be preserved

subject to great variety, in their progress from the young to the adult state. This is more particularly the case with Eagles and

the best mode is to preserve them in spirits; and of the larger kinds, which are skinned, the skeletons ought to be kept. The flesh should be taken away with knives and scalpels as well as possible, and the b

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