. Guide leaflet. e governed by circumstances, forin moist climates, or on shipboard, it may be needful to dryspecimens in the sun, or even by the aid of a fire. Lastly, in case a small skeleton is likely to be some timeon the road, give it a very thin coat of arsenical soap topreserve it from the attacks of Dermestes and other insects. On short collecting trips the poisoning may be omittedand the specimens treated when they reach their destination,but where small skeletons are to lie for some time uncaredfor, they should be poisoned, otherwise they may arrive in avery much mixed and dilapidate
. Guide leaflet. e governed by circumstances, forin moist climates, or on shipboard, it may be needful to dryspecimens in the sun, or even by the aid of a fire. Lastly, in case a small skeleton is likely to be some timeon the road, give it a very thin coat of arsenical soap topreserve it from the attacks of Dermestes and other insects. On short collecting trips the poisoning may be omittedand the specimens treated when they reach their destination,but where small skeletons are to lie for some time uncaredfor, they should be poisoned, otherwise they may arrive in avery much mixed and dilapidated condition. D THE PREPARATION* OF ROUGH SKELETONS The breastbones of large animals should also be wellpoisoned. The best method of poisoning small specimens is to dissolvearsenic in hot water, and when the solution is cold soak theskeletons in it for an hour or so. All the small rough skeletonsstored in museum collections, as well as those in the stock ofdealers in natural history material, are or should be thus.
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