. The Taxidermist's guide : a complete instructor in the art of collecting, preparing, mounting and preserving all kinds of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . ent the gum from falling off in 20 THE TAXIDERMISTS GUIDE. this way, by its contracting, the solution should have about aneighth part of ox-gall mixed with it, and the surface of any bodyto be vanished should be washed with ox-gall and water beforethe varnish is applied, which will, almost to a certainty, preventit from cracking and falling off. It must, however, be thoroughlydried before the varnish is applied. We may here s
. The Taxidermist's guide : a complete instructor in the art of collecting, preparing, mounting and preserving all kinds of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . ent the gum from falling off in 20 THE TAXIDERMISTS GUIDE. this way, by its contracting, the solution should have about aneighth part of ox-gall mixed with it, and the surface of any bodyto be vanished should be washed with ox-gall and water beforethe varnish is applied, which will, almost to a certainty, preventit from cracking and falling off. It must, however, be thoroughlydried before the varnish is applied. We may here state, that an animal the size of a Fox or a Cat,may be skinned, prepared, and finally set up, in the space of fouror five hours, by a person who has had a little practice in the artof Taxidermy, and that from ten to fifteen minutes are all thatwill be required to skin an animal of the size just mentioned. CHAPTER II. SKINNING, PRESERVING, AND MOUNTING BIRDS. SKINNING. Immediately after a Bird is killed, the throat and nostrils should be stuffed with tow, cotton, or fine rags, and a small quantity wound round the bill, to prevent the blood from staining the Fig. Manner of holding the hands in skinning a Bird. SKINNING. 21 plumage; but should any get on the feathers, notwithstandingthis precaution, the sooner it is removed the better, which shouldbe effected by a sponge which has been merely moistened inw?iier. Too much dispatch cannot be used in removing the skin,if the bird is shot in a warm climate ; but, in temperate regions,the bird may be allowed to cool. In proceeding to skin the Bird, it should be laid on its back,and the feathers of the breast separated to the right and left,when a broad interval will be discovered, reaching from the topto the bottom of the breast-bone. (Sec fig. 2.) Fin. 0.
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