. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. m-\' â in precisely tiie same manner as are tlie k-i^s, â hereafter to Ix described,âonly, of course, the win^ wires must he clinched first. y\void the common mistake of startintr the winj^s from the sides of the body, and plact: them well up on the back. Xow, with the botly of the bird lyini,^ before you, proceed to make one of excelsior to replace it. Note w(,'ll the sj^eneral sha|)e of the natural body, but do not imai^ine that it is necess
. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. m-\' â in precisely tiie same manner as are tlie k-i^s, â hereafter to Ix described,âonly, of course, the win^ wires must he clinched first. y\void the common mistake of startintr the winj^s from the sides of the body, and plact: them well up on the back. Xow, with the botly of the bird lyini,^ before you, proceed to make one of excelsior to replace it. Note w(,'ll the sj^eneral sha|)e of the natural body, but do not imai^ine that it is necessary to accurately copy it. Your work is to be (;.\ternally and not internally correct, and what is wanted is the easiest and best method to make it fair to look upon. In thicks and water-birds j^enerally the body is flattened from above downward; in waders it is flattened sidewise; while in most others it is rather rounded. Mold the between the |)alms of your hands, and wind it ti^'htly with fme twine or stout thread, addini^ a little material here and there to brini;- about the desired sha[)e. L(;t the fmished body be smooth, a trifle narrower on the back than on the breast, and let it be a litth; more pointed at the tail than the original. .Above all thinj^^s, make it firm and hard, for on the soliditv of the body depcMids the stability of the bird ami its abilit)- to undergowithoul llinch- '\\\)^ the twists and |)ulls it must undcri^M) in posint^. i'ry it in the skin, and if it does not fit, ih'U nil uisr: is wrmi). make any re(|uired Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mayer, Alfred M. (Alfred Marshall), 1836-1897. New York : Century
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