. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds &c. for cabinets of natural history. Voyages and travels; Zoology; Voyages; Zoologie. 'I I I i: < 274 ON PBE8ERVIN0 life, to nmko up tor what it will lose in drying, you will roproduno a bird that will pleoflo you. It is now time to introd\ico the cotton for an arti- ficial body, by of tliu \\U â . iMck li'fi' a knitting neodlo ; and without any other aid -jv robBtane
. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds &c. for cabinets of natural history. Voyages and travels; Zoology; Voyages; Zoologie. 'I I I i: < 274 ON PBE8ERVIN0 life, to nmko up tor what it will lose in drying, you will roproduno a bird that will pleoflo you. It is now time to introd\ico the cotton for an arti- ficial body, by of tliu \\U â . iMck li'fi' a knitting neodlo ; and without any other aid -jv robBtane than that of this little stick and cottoi,. vovr ow genius must produce those swellings and caviH i/s that just proportion, that elegance and harmony of the whole, so much admired in animated nature, so little attended to in presorved specimens. After yon have introduced the cotton, sow up th. >>inftco you originally made in the belly, beginning at the vent. And from time to time, till you arrive at the Inst stitch, keep adding a little cotton, in order that th<;V" nay be no deficiency there. Lastly, dip your stick : ..'o the solution, and put it down the throat three or h)we times, in order that every part may receive it. When the head and neck are filled with cotton quite to your liking, close the bill as in nature. A little bit of bees'-wax at the point of it will keep the mandibles in their proper place. A needle must be stuck into the lower mandible perpendicularly. You will shortly see the use of it. Bring also the feet together by a pin, and then run a thread through the knees, by which you may draw them to each other, as near as you judge proper. Nothing now remains to be added but the eyes. With your little stick make a hollow in the cotton within the orbit, and introduce the glass eyes through the orbit. Adjust the orbit to them, as in nature, and that requires no other fastener. Your close inspection of the eyes of animals will already have informed y
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