. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, &c. for cabinets of natural history. Zoology; Zoologie. Third Journey. Lust con- versation with Sir Joseph Banks. 160 WANDERINGS IN M'ent into the canoe without it; it was of great use in starting the hcasts and snakes out of the hollow trees, and, in case of need, was an excellent defence. In 1819, T had the last conversation with Sir Joseph Banks. I saw with sorrow that death was goinj
. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, &c. for cabinets of natural history. Zoology; Zoologie. Third Journey. Lust con- versation with Sir Joseph Banks. 160 WANDERINGS IN M'ent into the canoe without it; it was of great use in starting the hcasts and snakes out of the hollow trees, and, in case of need, was an excellent defence. In 1819, T had the last conversation with Sir Joseph Banks. I saw with sorrow that death was goinjy to rob us of him. We talked nnich of the present modi' adopted by all museums in stufling quadrupeds, and condemned it as being very impcrfet t; still we could not find out a better way; and at last concluded, that the lips and nose ought to be cut oft', and replaced with wax ; it being impossible to make those parts appear li!ce life, as they shrink to nothing, and render the stutttd sjjeciuKMn in the diff"eH nt nniseums Itorrible to look at. The defects in the legs and feet would not be tpiite so glaring, being covered witl. !iair. stuinng I had paid great attention to this subject for above birds iind i i . i i • i ( fourteen years; still it wonld not do : however, one night, while I was lying in the hammock, and harping on the string on which hung all my solicitude, I hit upon the proper mode by inference ; it appeared clear to me that it was the only true way of going to work, and ere I closed my eyes in sleep, I was able to prove to myself that there could not be any other way that wonld answer. I tried it the next day, and succeeded according to expectation. By means of this process, which is very simple, \vc can now give every feature back again to the animars face,. 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 pe
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