. Guide leaflet. herby their ligaments and are not wired together, any suchseparation causes serious injury. If the specimen is the size of a deer, it will be necessary todisjoint the backbone just behind the ribs in order to make acompact bundle. A moose or buffalo can be cut up still more by separatingthe leg-bones at each joint and making several sections of thebackbone. Occasionally it is necessaiy to reduce a skeleton to itssmallest possible dimensions, and then, in addition to theabove measures, the breast-bone must be separated from theribs by cutting through the cartilage just below th
. Guide leaflet. herby their ligaments and are not wired together, any suchseparation causes serious injury. If the specimen is the size of a deer, it will be necessary todisjoint the backbone just behind the ribs in order to make acompact bundle. A moose or buffalo can be cut up still more by separatingthe leg-bones at each joint and making several sections of thebackbone. Occasionally it is necessaiy to reduce a skeleton to itssmallest possible dimensions, and then, in addition to theabove measures, the breast-bone must be separated from theribs by cutting through the cartilage just below the end of eachrib. The ribs can then be detached from the backbone, andthus dismantled a good-sized skeleton can be packed in a flourbarrel. Barrels, it may be remarked, are very useful for pack- 14 THE PREPARATION OF ROUGH SKELETONS ing purposes. It is a good plan to wrap a rag, a little tow orsomething around the front teeth of deer and similar animalsto prevent the incisors from chipping while in transit and if. Fig. 11. —Skeleton of Mountain A, places where backbone may be disjointed; E, place where cut should l)c made to separate rib from breast-bone; S. sesamoids. you are very careful you will put something between thegrinding teeth for the same purpose. Boxes should be tight, so as to shut out hungry dogs andprevent entirely the attacks of rats and mice. I have fre-quently seen valuable skeletons that were ruined in a singlenight by ravages of one or two rats. THE PREPARATION OF ROUGH SKELETONS 15 Care should also be taken not to leave boxes open overnight while being packed, lest mice should make a nest in thepacking material and be shut up with the specimens. Straw or hay is the best packing material, but Spanishmoss, shavings, excelsior, or cocoa fiber will serve the pur-pose. Usually but little is needed, the main point being toprevent the skeletons or loose bones from rattling about. Beware of sea weed for packing. No matter how dry itappears to be, it cont
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